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    Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Warbird Survivors 2003: A Handbook on Where to Find Them
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    Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Warbird Survivors 2003: A Handbook on Where to Find Them

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    North America is replete in aviation history, both military and civilian. The sheer size of the United States dictated an early interest in air defense and profoundly influenced the nations dependence on air travel. It is no wonder that the United States developed as an air-faring nation. A large part of the leadership that contributed to that development can be traced to Americas Air Force. Indeed, its proud military heritage is embodied in the dedicated individuals who have served and continue to do soand in the marvelous aircraft they have flown.

    The preservation and public display of these aircraft is a labor of love for many, including the editor of this book. If you are an enthusiast of military aviation history, or one with a passing interest who simply wishes to learn more, you will find a wealth of information in these well-researched pages.

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    Release dateApr 7, 2003
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    Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Warbird Survivors 2003: A Handbook on Where to Find Them
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    Harold A. Skaarup

    Major Hal Skaarup has served with the Canadian Forces for more than 40 years, starting with the 56th Field Squadron, RCE and completing his service as the G2 (Intelligence Officer) at CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick in August 2011. He was a member of the Canadian Airborne Regiment, served three tours with the Skyhawks Parachute Demonstration Team, and worked in the Airborne Trials and Evaluation section. He served as an Intelligence Officer overseas in Germany and Colorado, and has been on operational deployments to Cyprus, Bosnia, and Afghanistan. He has been an instructor at the Tactics School at the Combat Training Centre in Gagetown and at the Intelligence Training Schools in Borden and Kingston. He earned a Master's degree in War Studies through the Royal Military College, and has authored a number of books on military history.

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      Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Warbird Survivors 2003 - Harold A. Skaarup

      Contents

      Foreword

      Preface

      Acknowledgements

      Listof Abbreviations

      Introduction

      AircrafiMuseums anddisplays in Maryland

      AircrafiMuseums anddisplays in

      AircrafiMuseums anddisplays in Washington DC

      Alphabetical list of Warbird Survivors in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC

      Epilogue

      Afterword

      APPENDIX A

      Short List of Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC Warbird Survivors 2003

      APPENDIX B

      History of Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland

      APPENDIX C

      History of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

      APPENDIX D

      History of Patuxent River NAS, Maryland

      APPENDIX E

      History of Langley Air Force Base, Virginia

      APPENDIX F

      History of Maryland ANG

      APPENDIX G

      History of Virginia ANG

      APPENDIX H

      History of NAS Ocean, Virginia

      APPENDIX I

      First Flights—Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Flight

      APPENDIX J

      Men on the Moon

      Bibliography

      About the Author

      Endnotes

      This book is dedicated to the highly prof essional men and women of the United States Armed Services and the Canadian Forces of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). Many of them have flown or serviced the military aircraft described in this handbook. Because of their service, you and I can sleep soundly at night. May it continue to be so.

      For Orville and Wilbur Wright, on this their 100th anniversary of powered flight.

      For the 12 who have walked on the Moon, and all who supported them in getting there.

      Per Ardua Ad Astra

      Ex Coelis

      To control the air, aircraft bring certain characteristics which are not shared by land or sea forces—the ability to carry weapons over long ranges at great speed, the ability to concentrate rapidly large forces over a distant point, the ability to switch targets and to surprise and deceive—in a word, flexibility.¹

      Foreword

      North America is replete in aviation history, both military and civilian. The sheer size of Canada and the United States dictated an early interest in air defense and prof oundly influenced our dependence on air travel. It is no wonder that both nations developed as air-faring nations. A large part of the leadership that contributed to that development can be traced to our Air Forces. Indeed, our proud military heritage is embodied in the dedicated individuals who have served and continue to do so—and in the marvelous aircraft they have flown.

      The preservation and public display of these aircraft is a labor of love for many, including the editor of this book. If you are an enthusiast of military aviation history, or one with a passing interest who simply wishes to learn more, you will find a wealth of information in these well-researched pages.

      Preface

      In the winter of 1903, two brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, flipped a coin at Kittyhawk, North Carolina, to see who would make the first powered flight in a manned aircraft. Wilbur won the toss, but the first launch of their Wright Flyer was unsuccessful and the machine nosed-dived into the ground. On 17 December, with a 27-mile-per-hour wind staring them in the face and with Orville at the controls and Wilbur to his right side steadying the biplane, the Flyer took of f into history, and the world as we know it changed as the two brothers ushered in the age of flight. This event took place when my Grandfather Walter Estabrooks was a young man, and he described for me the events of seeing his first car and then later his first airplane. Not long afterwards, he found himselfin the trenches of Europe fighting in the Great War of 1914-1918, firing at German fighters with his Lewis gun as an anti-aircraft gunner. He saw the Red Baron in his Fok-ker triplane, and grimly recounted how he and his mates watched the daily encounters over the combating lines, commenting bitterly that, he got one of our boys nearly every time.

      My grandfather never forgot his observations of these aerial battles, and for me his recounting of it always left me with the impression that for him, the story had happened only a brief time before. He lived to be 94, and in our time we both shared the experience of listening to the radio and watching television coverage of the launch of the Apollo 11 Mission to the Moon in July 1969. I remember being riveted to the television screen when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon on 21 July 1969, followed by the second human to tread on earth’s only satellite, Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, while Michael Collins manned the Command Module overhead during the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Mission. They spent 22 hours on the Moon before returning safely. Only 10 more men would follow in their footsteps to the time of this writing.

      In both mine and my grandfather’s times, the world of flight as we knew it has continued to change dramatically. The rapidity of this change can be measured in a great number of remarkable milestones. Legendary aircraft such as the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, once the world’s fastest flying machine, and mistaken for a UFO many times over, are now so old they have been retired. The B-2 Spirit is so expensive it is the first airplane built that is worth more than its weight in gold when the development costs are figured into the equation. The pilots and aircrew of these flying machines have many incredible stories to tell, and it has been my privilege to have met and spoken with a number of them as a skydiver participating in air shows with them. Many of the historic flying machines from the biplane era, the combat aircraft of the two world wars and the jets and support aircraft flown by pilots that plied their trade in the cold war conflicts have of ten disappeared completely from the runways and record books, except for a few solitary examples in some cases. The handful that are left deserved to be examined and remarked upon. There are many aviation enthusiasts like myself out there, who are avid readers of everything connected with military aviation. To actually have the opportunity to see these aircraft, either on display or in action, is a rare but very welcome treat.

      As a soldier on duty in Germany, I had the opportunity to explore a number of European air museums, and was struck by the number of times I would examine the history and records of their warbirds, only to learn that of so many different kinds that had been built during the various wars, of ten the only example remaining is in the National Air and Space Museum, or the USAF Museum, or the National Museum of Naval Aviation or elsewhere in the USA. As times and alliances have changed, quite of ten, one of the US Museums has loaned or shared a rare aircraft with one of the European museums. This is how I came to view the ultra-rare Dornier Do-335 Pfeil (Arrow). The Do-335 is a unique aircraft and one of the most unconventional piston engine designs to come out of the war. As an example of the technical kinds of details I wanted to know, and of which you will find more in this handbook, the Pfeil is a single-seat fighter-bomber powered by a pair of 1,750-hp Daimler-Benz DB 603E-1 12-cylinder inverted-Vee liquid-cooled engines mounted in a unique push-pull engine combination. It had a top speed of 478 mph at 21,000’, a cruising speed of 426 mph, a service ceiling of 37,400’, and a range of 867 miles, making it one of the fastest propeller-driven fighters of the Second World War. The Do 335 is armed with one engine-mounted 30-mm MK-103 cannon with 70 rounds firing through the propeller hub and two 15-mm MG-151/15 cannon with 200 rpg mounted in the upper decking of the forward fuselage. It could also carry one 1,102-lb or two 551-lb bombs internally and two 551-lb bombs externally. After testing of the prototypes, ten Do-335 A-O were manufactured and delivered between August and October 1944. Pierre Closterman, a French Air Ace saw one of them during one of his patrols and described this encounter in his book, which sparked my interest in this aircraft. Today, only one of these remarkable aircraft now exists, and it is in the care of the Smithsonian Institution. I had the opportunity to view it while it was on loan to the Deutsches Museum in Munich, where it was on prominent display until returned to Silver Hill, Maryland, for storage in 1986.

      How then, can one begin to cover all the aircraft that exist within a few hours of the capital of the USA? Each museum tends to keep careful records of the aircraft it acquires, and the National Air and Space Museum (part of the Smithsonian Institution), has done a remarkable job, both in preserving a great number of rare and one-of -a-kind aircraft and in recording the details of the history for each flying machine in their collection. There isn’t sufficient space in a handbook of this nature to cover more than a few cursory details of the military aviation history let alone the general aviation history of the world, and I would therefore highly recommend the NASM website for more details on most of the aircraft mentioned here, as well as for the websites listed for the USAF Museum at Dayton, Ohio, the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, and the Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

      The information about aircraft on display in the many museums found throughout Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC is very well covered on the Internet and in their regularly updated museum brochures, but other warbirds that can be found in these areas are not as well known or visited. For this reason, this handbook covers those aircraft in a bit more detail. Although there is only space for 50 photographs in this handbook, the examples illustrated include Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps and USCG aircraft as well as several foreign warbirds (Germany, Japan, Britain, France and Russia to name a few) that are on view in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC.

      The history of the USAF is very well told and illustrated in the National Air and Space Museum. It begins with the Wright Flyer, which depended on the dihedral of its wings and the ability of the pilot to move his body from side to side, or forward and backward to alter the balance of his aircraft in order to control it. The US Navy is well represented in terms of aircraft in the locations listed, as are the machines used by the Army, Marines and Coast Guard.

      Much of the real history about how the many varieties of warbirds have been used by American flyers around the world can be found by listening to the many survivors and veterans of the conflicts these aircraft have had to be used in. Fascinating story-telling of ten comes up when one has the opportunity to chat with present and former military pilots, many of whom you will encounter as you explore these museums, collections and walk around the various gate guardians in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC. I have also met many while participating in airshows as a skydiver. Airshows are a wonderful place to go warbird hunting, because they are of ten the best place to see the handful of former frontline warbirds which may still be seen alof t. The military aircraft that have been retired to museums, or are now standing as gate guardians outside their former airbases are still impressive. These aircraft are a significant part of our modern history, and as I have mentioned, they deserve to be remarked upon and remembered. For that reason, I felt there was a need for a handbook that could be used as a guide for aviation enthusiasts to point the way to where you can find those surviving warbirds in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC.

      While I was compiling this data, I had the opportunity to speak with a number of the pilots and warbird enthusiasts who are still actively flying the handful of original well-restored and airworthy warbirds like those remaining in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC. There are many with incredible aviation stories to tell. The Fighter Factory staff, for example, have been collecting American-built aircraft that went down in Russia during World War II, and are having them restored. Others have been assembling or rebuilding old warbirds in 20-year labors of love, trying to put an historic machine back in the air, one piece at a time. Aircraft were sometimes buried (of ten in their crates, such as the F4B-4 biplane fighter), rather than being taken to the smelter, and a few of these have turned up in recent years, faithfully tracked down, uncovered and painstakingly restored by an army of volunteers. Perhaps there are more discoveries like these waiting to happen in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC.

      This brings me to explain what this book is about. Many examples of aircraft that saw service with the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), the United States Army Air Force (USAAF), the United States Navy (USN), the United States Marine Corps (USMC), and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) have been or are currently being salvaged and preserved, particularly where they are of significant historical interest. The X-classes of air research vehicles for example, are very well represented in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC, and many are one-of -a kind. Museums are not the only place one can discover and examine historic old warbirds. As you will find in this handbook, some have become gate guards, but an equal number are still flying in the hands of private owners.

      The purpose of this handbook is to provide an update and a simple checklist of where the surviving military aircraft in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC are now, and to provide a photograph of a few of the major types mentioned. The Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC Warbird Survivors 2003 handbook is also appended with a brief summary of the military aircraft presently on display within the state by location, and a bit of each warbird’s history in US military service. Due to space limitations, a selection of only those Warbirds that can be found in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC is provided. If you are interested in other aviation books like this one, they can be found at a number of online Internet bookstores, including: www.iUniverse.com

      ; www. barnesandnoble.com; and www.amazon.com. Look for the Warbird Survivors series.

      Aircraft are traded, museums acquire additional displays, and some are lost to accidents and other causes, therefore, this list is only current to the date of publication. If you have additional information you would like to add, please forward an update to me at 2110 Cloverdale Drive, Colorado Springs, CO, 80920, or email me at: h.skaarup@worldnet.att.net.

      It is my sincere hope that the list of Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC Warbird Survivors will continue to grow as more of them are recovered and restored. Grant that you find this handbook useful.

      Cheers, Harold A. Skaarup

      Acknowledgements

      I would like to acknowledge and thank each and every member of many the air museum staffs in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC. Their patience and assistance has been a major gift that has helped me to ensure that the data that has gone into the compilation of this handbook is as accurate and complete as it can be to the time of printing. Each and every visitor to the air museums and aviation displays in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC owes the museum staffs that same appreciation, and to all of you, thank you for preserving our aviation heritage.

      There are many advisors and people who have given assistance with the research for this handbook who have been listed in the warbird series many times. Their continuing support and assistance in tracking down the information pertaining to each of the individual aircraft listed here is invaluable. I would particularly like to thank Michael A. Blaugher for the cross-referencing information found in his regularly updated handbook Guides to AircraftMuseums in Canada and the USA; and the volunteers who keep the Serial Numbers updated in the website Flightline—Preserved USMilitaryAircraft; and to the staffwho keep the website, Aviation Enthusiast Corner,updated.

      In Virginia, I would like to mention and acknowledge the assistance provided by Barbara A. Bower, Museum Director, U. S. Army Transportation Museum, Fort Eustis; Jerry Yagen, Don Anklin and Chris Vtipil with the Fighter Factory, Tidewater Tech, Virginia Beach; Ken Wilson and David Hahn, Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond; Allen R. Hoilman, Curator, Director of Exhibits and Collections, Virginia Air & Space Center, Hampton; Troy Snead, Public Affairs Of ficer for the Historical Air Park and Ray Firenze, Community Planning Liaison Of ficer, Naval Air Station Oceana, Jennie S. Burge, Public Relations Specialist, Nauticus, The National Maritime Center, Norfolk; and William B. Wilcox, CMSgt, 192FW/LG Quality Assurance Superintendent, Sandston, Virginia.

      In Maryland, special thanks go to MSgt Gary Gault, 175WG/HO, Maryland ANG; Captain Michele Murray, 175th Wing, MDANG, Chief, Public Affairs; Gene DiGennaro, Museum Executive Director, Glenn L. Martin Aviation Museum, Allan Janus, and Kate Igoe, Permissions Archivist, National Air and Space Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

      I extend a very special thanks to the record keeping staffs at the National Air and Space Museum; to the archival staffs in the Library at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado for their assistance in providing excellent USAF photographs; to Patricia Ochs and the historians and staff of the UnitedStatesAirForceMuseum, Dayton, Ohio; to the NationalMuseum of Naval Aviation historians and staffs in Pensacola, Florida; and to the Army Aviation Museum staff at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Their support and assistance in tracking down the information pertaining to each of the individual aircraft listed here is greatly appreciated. Many thanks to each and every one of you.

      Blue Skies, Major Harold A. Skaarup

      Listof Abbreviations

      AFB Air Force Base

      CF Canadian Forces

      CAF Commemorative Air Force

      MD ANG Maryland Air National Guard

      NAS Naval Air Station

      NMNA National Museum of Naval Aviation

      NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command

      USAAC United States Army Air Corps

      USAAF United States Army Air Force

      USAF United States Air Force

      USAFA United States Air Force Academy

      USAFM United States Air Force Museum

      USCG United States Coast Guard

      USMC United States Marine Corps

      USN United States Navy

      USNORTHCOM United States Northern Command

      VA ANG Virginia Air National Guard

      Introduction

      During my tour of dutywith the Canadian Forces detachment based in Colorado Springs, it has been my privilege to serve alongside a good number of the highly prof essional airmen and women who are currently working for NORAD in the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, and with the staffs being assigned to the newly created United States Northern Command, also headquartered in Colorado Springs.

      Being in the military has also provided me with the opportunity to visit Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC, and to examine a number of their warbird survivors close up. I have made a specific point of visiting many of the sites where aviation history has been made in these locations. These opportunities continue to be a privilege and an honour that is part of my military service, and I would therefore like to share some of the information I have gathered with you. It is my hope that this book will showyou where to find and view some of Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC’s veteran military aircraft, and to perhaps take an interest in some of the military aviation history that can be found in museums and sites listed in this handbook during this year of the 100th Anniversary of the first flight. This book is specifically intended to provide a where are they guide for residents and visitors to Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC who are interested in its rich resources of historical military aircraft.

      I have participated in a great number of airshows as both a civilian skydiver and military parachutist. These airshows have given me the opportunity to hear the sound of a P-51 Mustang and a few of its WWII veteran stablemates in flight, as well as the chance to sit in the cockpit of a number of them. Based on my flight experiences and observations to date, however, I have concluded that you should never land in an airplane if you do not want to die in one. (I am equipped with two perfectly serviceable parachutes which I pack myself, and you have only one airplane. Also, there is no such thing as a perfectly serviceable airplane as any mechanic will tell you).

      Although I am in the Army, I’ve never lost my fascination for old Warbirds. Because of this, I continue to look for, identify and research the locations for as many of them as possible. I then attempt to verify their serial numbers through the UnitedStatesAirForceMuseum, the NationalMuseum of NavalAviation, and theArmyAviation Museum, and to photograph the aircraft wherever they may be on display.

      The main reason that I am producing this book is to provide other interested aviation enthusiasts with the kind of guide-book that I would liked to have had before arriving in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC to have a look at them. This guidebook should tell the aircraft hunter where he or she may still find these warbirds and gate guardians, and, where possible, a way to contact the museums and airfields that display them for more information on the aircraft.

      I believe that the volunteers who put so much time, effort and energy into maintaining and preserving the numerous retired military and historic aircraft found in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC deserve an enormous amount of praise and credit for their work. It is my hope that this handbook, Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC Warbird Survivors, provides the information and perhaps an incentive that will bring you to visit their museums and to appreciate the rich resources of aviation heritage they are preserving on your behalf.

      Harold A. Skaarup

      AircrafiMuseums anddisplays in Maryland

      Aberdeen, MD. Aberdeen Proving Ground, US Army Test & Evaluation Command, AMSTE-PA, 314 Longs Corner Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5001. Tel: 410-278-5201; DSN: 298-5201. Located 23 miles from Baltimore, Aberdeen Proving Ground is home to Army Test and Evaluation Command, Army Research Laboratory, and the Army Ordnance Center. Open Tuesday to Friday 12 4:45 PM, Sat to Sun 10 AM 4:45 PM. Free admission, Gift Shop open Tue to Sun 10 AM to 4 PM. Over 225 tank, artillery and aviation items in an open park. Internet: www.apg.army.mil/. The outdoor displays on the museum grounds include:

      FZG-76

      Rhinetochter

      V-2

      Aircraft Boneyard

      There are many derelict military aircraft in a boneyard on base at Aberdeen Proving Ground with the following aircraft observed:

      Bell UH-13 Sioux (several hulks)

      Bell UH-1 Iroquois (many hulks)

      Bell AH-1 Cobras (several different models)

      Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook (2)

      Douglas C-54/R5D-2 Skymaster (hulk)

      Grumman OV-11 Mohawk (hulk)

      McDonnell F-4 Phantoms (several hulks)

      North American F-100 Super Sabre (several hulks)

      North American T-28 Trojan (4 hulks)

      Republic F-105 Thunderchief (several hulks)

      Vought A-7 Corsair II (several hulks)

      Andrews Air Force Base, MD. 89th Airlift Wing/PA (MAC), MD 20762-5000. Tel: 301-981-6161/1110; DSN: 858-6161/1110. Located in Camp Springs, MD, 10 miles southeast of Washington, DC, Andrews AFB is home to the 89th Airlift Wing, 459th Airlift Wing, 113th Fighter Wing, DC Air National Guard, and the 201st Airlift Squadron. Internet: www.andrews.af.mil/.

      Bell UH-1B Iroquois, (Serial No. 67-12557). 62-12554. LCKCL329, Reg. No. N329K. Convair F-106 Delta Dart, (Serial No.). Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat, (Serial No. 77122). Grumman A-6E Intruder, (Serial No. 54167). North American F-86H Sabre (Serial No. 53-1387) North American F-100A Super Sabre, (Serial No. 53-1574). North American T-39 Sabreliner, (Serial No. 62-04488).

      Andrews Air Force Base, MD. 113th FW, DC Air National Guard, Andrews AFB, MD 20331-1110. Tel: 301-981-1110. Internet: www.andrews.af.mil.

      McDonnell F-4D Phantom II, (Serial No. 66-7661). 66661. McDonnell F-4D Phantom II, (Serial No. 66-7693) Republic F-105D Thunderchief, (Serial No. 61-041).

      Andrews Air Force Base, MD. NAF Washington.

      McDonnell-Douglas F-4S Phantom II (Serial No. 153904)

      Annapolis, MD. Annapolis NS, 8 Bennion Road, Annapolis, MD 21402-5054. Tel: 410-293-1000; DSN: 281-1000. Located in Annapolis on the Severn River, 23 miles east of Washington, DC, NS Annapolis provides general support for Naval Academy operations. Internet: http://www.usna.edu/Naval

      Station/.

      Annapolis, MD. U.S. Naval Academy, 121 Blake Road, Annapolis, MD 214025000. Tel: 410-293-1000; DSN: 281-1000. The U.S. Naval Academy is located in Annapolis and is home to the Brigade of Midshipmen. Internet: www.usna.edu

      .

      Annapolis, MD. US Naval Academy Museum, 118 Maryland Ave., Annapolis, MD 21402-5034. Tel: 410-267-2108. Open daily 9 AM to 5 PM. Internet: http://www.usna.edu/Museum/.

      Grumman F4F Wildcat, (Serial No.). McDonnell Douglas A-4D-1 Skyhawk, (Serial No. 139968) McDonnell Douglas F-4A Phantom II, (Serial No. 148275). Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Yellow Peril, (Serial No. BuAer3022). North American F-100 Super Sabre, (Serial No. 56-03899).

      Bainbridge, MD. Naval Training Center.

      Douglas F-6A Skyray (Serial No. 106) Grumman F9F-8 Cougar (Serial No. 131230)

      Baltimore, MD. 175th FG, Maryland Air National Guard, Glenn L. Martin Airfield, MD 21220-2899. Tel: 410-687-6270. 410-780-8270.

      Convair XF2Y-1 Sea Dart, (Serial No.). Grumman HU-16B Albatross, (Serial No. 51-7193) North American F-86H Sabre, (Serial No. 53-1411). North American F-86H Sabre, (Serial No. 53-1339).

      Baltimore, MD.

      North American T-6G Texan, Reg. No. N5270V, (Serial No. 49-3086). Matthew P. Kibler Jr., 3648 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21227-1626. Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe, (Skycrane). Reg. No. N463KG, (Serial No. 69-18463). 701 Wilson Point Road, Hagar 6, Box E, Baltimore, MD 21220. Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe, (Skycrane). Reg. No. N466KG, (Serial No. 69-18466). 701 Wilson Point Road, Hagar 6, Box E, Baltimore, MD 21220. Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe, (Skycrane). Reg. No. N468KG, (Serial No. 69-18468). 701 Wilson Point Road, Hagar 6, Box E, Baltimore, MD 21220. Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe, (Skycrane). Reg. No. N469KG, (Serial No. 69-18469). 701 Wilson Point Road, Hagar 6, Box E, Baltimore, MD 21220. Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe, (Skycrane). Reg. No. N715HT, (Serial No. 6918470). 701 Wilson Point Road, Hagar 6, Box E, Baltimore, MD 21220.

      Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe, (Skycrane). Reg. No. N716HT, (Serial No. 64092). 701 Wilson Point Road, Hagar 6, Box E, Baltimore, MD 21220. Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe, (Skycrane). Reg. No. N718HT, (Serial No. 64074). 701 Wilson Point Road, Hagar 6, Box E, Baltimore, MD 21220.

      Baltimore, MD. Baltimore Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Hwy, MD 21202. Tel: 410-727-4808.

      Martin 162A, (Serial No.).

      Martin PBM-1 Mariner (2/3 scale), (Serial No.).

      Beltsville, MD. Naval Reserve Center, 2600 Powdermill Road, Beltsville, MD. Missile.

      Bethesda, MD. John Recreational Park. North American F-1E Fury (Serial No. 139536)

      Bethesda, MD. BethesdaNational Naval Medical Center, 8901 WisconsinAve., Bethesda, MD 20889-5600. Tel: 301-295-4000; DSN: 295-4000. Located in Bethesda, the medical center houses the Naval Medical Information Management Center, Armed Forces Radiobiological Research Institute, Naval School of Health Sciences, and Naval Health Sciences Education and Training Command. Internet: www.nnmc.med.navy.mil/

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      Cambridge, MD. Cambridge Airport. Tel: 410-228-4571.

      Cessna UC-78CE Bobcat, (Serial No.).

      Chesapeake Beach, MD.

      Consolidated-Vultee BT-13AValiant, Reg., No. N130BT, (Serial No. 1891). Thomas J. Long, 3700 Ponds Wood Drive, Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732.

      Clinton, MD.

      North American F-86H Sabre (Serial No. 53-1348). Hyde Field Airport.

      Yakovlev Yak-9U-M, Reg. No. N6373Y, (Serial No. 0470404). Kimbles Aviation In., 7925 Old Branch Ave., Clinton, MD 20735-1613.

      College Park, MD. College ParkAviation Museum, 1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Dr., College Park, MD 20740. Open daily 10 AM to 5 PM. I-495, South on Kenil-worth Ave, West on Paint Branch Parkway. Contact: Anne Werley Smallman, Curator of Collections, Tel: 301-864-6029. E-mail: anne.smallman@pgparks.com.

      1910 Wright B reproduction, constructed by Ken Hyde and Virginia Aviation and Machine Company, Warrenton, VA.

      1912 Bleriot XI. This aircraft is a reproduction completed in 2002, constructed by the museum’s own restoration shop according to Rozendaal’s plans published in 1912.

      1916 Curtiss JN-4D Jenny Military Tractor, on loan from the US Army Center for Military History; restored by Virginia Aviation and Machine Co., after it was discovered in pieces in Texas. This aircraft retains up to 60% of the original Jenny parts.

      1924 Berliner Helicopter (Serial No. 5). This experimental aircraft only flew at College Park. It made the first controlled helicopter flight. It is on loan from the NASM.

      1932 Monocoupe 110, Reg. No. NC12345, (Serial No. 6W43).

      1936 Taylor J-2 Cub, Reg. No. NC16769, (Serial No. 771). On loan from Tom

      Hillier.

      1939   Taylorcraft BL-65. Reg. No. N23624, (Serial No. 1349). Retro-fitted to allow museum visitors to sit in the aircraft and to work its controls.

      1940   Aeronca 65LA Chief, Reg. No. N26305, (Serial No. L7690). This aircraft is currently in the museum’s restoration shop.

      1941   Boeing A75N1/PT-17 Stearman Kaydet, Reg. No. N8NP. This aircraft made the first open-cockpit flight over the North Pole in April 2000.

      1946 ERCO Ercoupe 415D, Reg. No. NC93942, (Serial No.). This aircraft is on loan from Pat Gravatt.

      1946 Ercoupe 415C, Reg. No. N99182, (Serial No. 1805). The fuselage of this aircraft is cut in half in order to show its distinctive lack of rudder pedals.

      Crisfield, MD.

      North American F-86H Sabre (Serial No. 52-2023)

      Cumberland, MD.

      Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 51-4157) Easton, MD.

      North American T-6G Texan, Reg. No. N394NA, (Serial No. 5114394). Andrew J. Michalak, 7837 Woodland Circle, Easton, MD 21601-8151.

      Ellicott City, MD.

      North American F-86H Sabre, (Serial No. 52-2048).

      Fort Detrick, MD 21702. Tel: 301-619-8000; DSN: 343-1110. Located in Frederick, Fort Detrick is home to US Army Medical Research and Material Command, Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, and the National Cancer Institute. Internet: www.armymedicine.army.mil/det-rick

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      Fort Meade, MD 20755-5000. Tel: 301-677-6262; DSN: 923-6261. Located near Baltimore, Washington, DC, and Annapolis, MD, Fort Meade is home to the National Security Agency, Defense Information School, and Naval Security Group Activity. National Vigilance Park. East from I-95 on Route 22, left on Colony 7 Road after passing Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Route 295. Internet: www.ftmeade.army.mil/

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      Beech RU-8D/L-23D Queenair, (Serial No.).

      Lockheed C-130A Hercules, (Serial No. 57-00453). painted as 60528, Memorial.

      Frederick, MD.

      North American T-6G Texan, Reg. No. N821DS, (Serial No. 182-821). Matthew J. Bennett, 8343 Rocky Springs Road, Frederick, MD 21702-2383.

      Gaithersburg, MD

      Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 51-16988). Montgomery CountyAir Park.

      Supermarine/Vickers Spitfire Mk IX, Reg. No. N644TB, (Serial No. PL344). Southern Aircraft Leasing Inc., 7920-B Airpark Road, Gaitherburg, MD 20879.

      Germantown, MD.

      Curtiss Wright C-46 Commando, Reg. No. N4092A, (Serial No. 26687). Ger-mantown, MD 20767.

      Glenelg, MD.

      Sikorsky S-55 Chickasaw, Reg. No. N4833S, (Serial No. 51-14265). 14841 Tri-adelphia Road, Glenelg, MD 21737.

      Sikorsky S-55 Chickasaw, Reg. No. N74899, (Serial No. 51-14285). 14841 Tri-adelphia Road, Glenelg, MD 21737.

      Greenbelt, MD. NASA Goddard Space Flight Visitor Center, Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771. Tel: 301-286-8981. OpenWed to Sun 10AMto 4 PM, free admission.

      Rockets

      Hagerstown, MD. Washington County Regional Airport, Route 12, Box 62. Dave Rider. Tel: 301-791-6231.

      Douglas DC-3, (Serial No.).

      North American AT-6 Harvard, (Serial No.).

      Taylorcraft J-2 Cub, (Serial No.).

      Indian Head, MD.

      McDonnell AV-8B Harrier, (Serial No. 161398).

      Indian Head, MD. Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center, 101 Strauss Ave., Indian Head, MD 20640. Tel: 301-744-4000; DSN 354-4000. Located on a 3,500-acre peninsula in Charles County, 25 miles south of Washington, DC, Indian Head is host to the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, Joint Interoperability Test Command, and Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division. Internet: www.ih.navy.mil/

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      Lanham, MD.

      North American F-86H Sabre (Serial No. 52-3864)

      Lexington Park, MD. Patuxent River, Naval Air Test and Evaluation Museum, P.O. Box 407, Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland 20670-0407. Tel: 301-863-7418. History of NAS Patuxent River and the aircraft systems it has developed. Also, history of the Naval Test Pilot School and the astronauts it has produced. Many displays, interactive multimedia, film history. Open July to Sep, Wed to Sat 11 AM to 4 PM, Oct to Jun, Fri to Sat 11 AM to 4 PM, Sun 12 AM to 5 PM. Free admission. E-mail: paxmuseum@rols.com

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      Bell TH-1L Iroquois, (Serial No. 157842). NATC. Bell AH-1J Sea Cobra, (Serial No. 159227). Bell 209. Bell AH-1J Sea Cobra, (Serial No.) Douglas F-6A/F4D-1 Skyray, (Serial No. 134764) Douglas F-6A/F4D-1 Skyray, (Serial No. 144764) Douglas C-54D Skymaster (Serial No. 56501). 10636. Goodyear 195/XAO-3 Inflatoplane (Serial No. Unknown) Grumman S-2D Tracker, (Serial No. 149240) Grumman E-2B Hawkeye (Serial No. 152476) Grumman F9F-8B Cougar, (Serial No. 144276) Grumman NA-6E Intruder, (Serial No. 156997) Grumman F-14A Tomcat, (Serial No. 159455). Strike Test Squadron. Grumman F-14ATomcat, (Serial No. 161623). Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division.

      Grumman F-14A Tomcat, (Serial No. 162595)

      Gyrodyne QH-50D Dash Drone, (Serial No. DS-1679)

      Gyrodyne XROE-1 (Serial No. 4022)

      Hiller H-12 Raven, (Serial No.)

      Kaman SH-2G Sea Sprite, (Serial No. 161642)

      Martin SP-5B/P5M-2 Marlin (Serial No. 155355)

      McDonnell Douglas NA-4M Skyhawk, (Serial No. 155049)

      McDonnell Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk, (Serial No. 158106)

      McDonnell Douglas/BAe AV-8B Harrier II, (Serial No. 161396)

      McDonnell F-4B Phantom II cockpit, (Serial No. 153070)

      McDonnell F-4J Phantom II, (Serial No. 153071)

      McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet, (Serial No. 161353)

      McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet, (Serial No. 161367). Naval Air Systems

      Command HQ.

      North American RA-5C Vigilante, (Serial No. 146697). Main gate.

      North American RA-5C Vigilante, (Serial No. 156643)

      North American T-39D Sabreliner, (Serial No. 150987). USN.

      Sikorsky CH-53A Sea Stallion, (Serial No.151686)

      Taylor E-2B Cub, (Serial No.)

      Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

      Vought A-7A Corsair II, (Serial No. 152658)

      Middle River, MD. Glenn L. Martin Aviation Museum, Martin State Airport, Hangar 5, Room 115, P.O. Box 5024, Middle River, Maryland 21220. Tel: 410682-6122. Open Sat 1 PM to 5 PM except holidays. Free admission. Exhibits on history of Glenn L. Martin Aircraft. Aircraft (viewable by reservation) Museum Executive Director, Gene DiGennaro, Tel: Phone 410-993-6912. E-mail: gene a digennaro@mail.northgrum.com

      . FAX 410-765-1346. Internet: www.martinstateairport.com/museum/index.htm

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      Grumman F9F Cougar, (Serial No. Unknown), many parts missing.

      Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star, (Serial No. 53-5854).

      Martin 404 airliner, (Serial No. 38274).

      Martin RB-57A Canberra/Night Intruder, (Serial No. 52-1446).

      Martin RB-57A Canberra/Night Intruder, (Serial No. 52-1467)

      McDonnell F-101F Voodoo, (Serial No. 80303)

      McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom II, (Serial No. 64-0919).

      North American F-100F Super Sabre, (Serial No. 56-3905).

      North American F-100F Super Sabre, (Serial No. 56-3910). 56.3899.

      Republic RF-84F Thunderflash, (Serial No. 53-7554).

      Martin P5M Marlin, (Serial No. Unknown), aft fuselage only.

      McDonnell F-101F Voodoo, (Serial No.).

      Republic F-105G Thunderchief, (Serial No. 38274).

      Vought A-7D Corsair II, (Serial No. 69-6197).

      Patuxent River NAS, 22268 Cedar Point Road,

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