Hangar Bay 1 @ NNAM on 28NOV10

[Owen]

I am just returned from NNAM and looking through Hangar Bay 1 for the first time since it officially opened 10NOV. I have waited to see an addition that will get more aircraft inside and out of the
weather for a good ten years. Much work remains. My understanding is the both "Que Serra Serra" and the " 'Turtle" will eventually hang from the overhead, freeing up floor space to get more inside. None of the exhibits are in place yet, save the aircraft themselves, but things are off to a great start.

When I look at some of the aircraft as they sit today and think back what they looked like after Hurricane Ivan it is amazing. If you go back and look at my Webshots album taken shortly after Ivan you will be amazed too.

Link to Hangar Bay 1.....
http://community.webshots.com/album/579 ... =community

Link to Ivan photos................
http://rides.webshots.com/album/2053502 ... host=rides

 

[scoolbubba]

The Museum has it all wrong. I have never seen a Navy aircraft look half as clean as those do. They are amazing.

 

[FastMover]

Very nice. The folks at the Naval Aviation Museum really know how to do it right. I had a blast working as a stash there a couple of summers ago.

How's the LSO exhibit upstairs in the main museum coming?

 

[Owen]

Paddles is complete and looks/sounds great! Adjacent to it and the CV-6 ENT exhibit is a
similar 1/72 hand crafted model of CVA(N)-65 Big E. Rivalling the one you remember, the
current "E" had lights that illuminate the planes, tractors, and personal on the hangar
deck. Very cool......