Frank Browne
Final Approach
My two sons and I took a four day weekend and drove to Pensacola to surprise my mother (who had driven down from Memphis with my brother) for her 78th birthday. She had no idea the we were coming, and was totally flabergasted when we knocked on her hotel room door. We spent friday afternoon driving around showing my boys where I spent my happy childhood. Anyway, we spent a goodly portion of saturday at the National Museum of Naval Aviation and lordy has it changed? I have not seen the museum since it's big expansion and I was quite impressed to say the least. Almost every aspect of Naval Aviation is represented at the museum. I won't list the aircraft here...the list is far too long, but suffice it to say that it is a staggering collection of aircraft on display there. It's well worth a visit if any of you guys ever get near the place. One negative however. Conspicuous in it's absence was anything regarding ASW operations post WWII. There was a P-3 Orion and a P2V Neptune on display out on the ramp that you could see via a bus tour, but nary a mention of post war ASW ops inside the museum. Other than that however, it is well worth a visit by anyone who loves aviation.
http://naval.aviation.museum/home.html
http://naval.aviation.museum/home.html