We drove
about an hour to Pensacola, FL to visit the Naval Air Museum. This is a return trip for us, we didn’t see
all we wanted to the last time. Be sure
to take ID’s for everyone in the car. No
backpacks are allowed.
Great views
of the Gulf along the drive.
A lot of
painstaking work and attention to detail has gone into the exhibits here.
The model
battleships were full of detail but didn’t photograph well because they are
encased in glass that reflects back at you.
A nice
reference library and art exhibits.
In 2011 the
museum staff and volunteers completed a 13 year restoration on the PB2Y
Coronado flying boat. On Christmas Eve
1941 it flew Admiral Chester Nimitz from San Diego to Hawaii to assume command
of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
The 1941
town recreation is one of my favorites.
This
facility is the home of the Blue Angels. The small selection of pictures of the restored planes here that I have posted doesn't do justice to the numerous exhibits available. I think this is the best aviation museum we have toured.
We had lunch
at the Cubi Bar Café. When the original
Cubi Point Officer’s Club in the Republic of the Philippines closed in 1992,
thousands of original squadron plaques were shipped to Pensacola. The Cubi Bar Café opened in 1996 as a replica
of the officer’s club.
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