This was the fifth prototype Tomcat, used to demonstrate systems compatibility, spending its entire operational career from 1971 as a flight testing aircraft, evaluating different systems and configurations under the control of Grumman. In 1974 it joined the PMTC for weapons system integration work and in 1990 became the first F-14 to go on public display, initially painted in VF-21 marks

MiG-killer : May 18, 1972 LT. Patrick E. Arwood / LT. James M. Bell

since 2002 on display at the American Legion Post 1434, Hinsdale NY MiG-killer : June 11, 1972 LT. Winston W. Copeland / LT. Donald R. Bouchoux

Being repositioned back into the Hangar Bay One building at the museum. It was on display outside in conjunction with a change of command ceremony that was held inside the main museum building.

After years of storage reserved for the National Museum of Naval Aviation , this Lockheed Electra / development prototype for the P-3 Orion was scrapped in 2016.

This Blue Angel F/A-18E was on display at the Naval Aviation Museum in conjunction with the squadron's change of command ceremony. This is an active US Navy aircraft and not part of the museum's collection.

US Army Air Force 43-46560 when delivered in 1944, this Hoverfly was transferred to the US Coast Guard (who had trained pilots and and mechanics with the type 1943 - 45) in 1946. Working for a time as a cropduster after 1948, the helicopter was acquired by the National Naval Aviation Museum in 1984.

After a 14 year restoration F4U-1 02465 is now on display in the National Naval Aviation Museum. It was accepted by the USN on 26 March 1943 and assigned to the Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) at NAS Glenview, IL on 29 March 1943. On 12 June 1943 02465 went into Lake Michigan after a nonfatal landing accident on USS Wolverine. It was salvaged from the lake on 12 November 2010 and delivered to the museum where the restoration was accomplished.

The first Grumman TC-4C Academe delivered to the US Navy (December 5, 1966), this aircraft was retired to the National Museum of Naval Aviation circa 1995. It is pictured in the extensive reserve collection on the ramp behind the museum exhibits awaiting room for display and restoration.

After donation to the NMNA in 1976, the surviving VS-44 was later transferred for an extensive restoration at Sikorsky's Stratford CT airfield, where it was built in 1942. First operated by American Export Airlines with beds, dressing rooms, galley, snack bar, lounge and full ventilation, it was impressed for war service by the USN as JR2S-1 12391, carrying passengers and freight between New York and Foynes, Ireland. In 1949 Tampico Airlines attempted to start freight runs in the Amazon but abandoned the VS-44 in Peru. In the late 1950s it was recovered to California for Avalon Air Transport.