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On January 23, 1999, the Chapter made a trip to the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, FL.  The Museum is located on Pensacola Naval Air Station on the south side of Pensacola.  About 20 people met at the museum's restoration building (#3221) at 10:00 a.m. for a guided tour. One of the volunteer restoration experts gave us a personal guided tour of the restoration facility.  We saw several planes in various stages of restoration including one plane that survived the Battle of Midway and another plane that was recently retrieved from the bottom of Lake Michigan. The plane in the photo below was used by Admiral Nimitz to carry his staff around the Pacific during World War II.  (If someone remembers what type of plane it is, please let me know.) 

Following our tour of the restoration facility, we boarded the museum's bus for a tour of over 30 aircraft displayed on the flightline.  Chapter members then ate lunch in the O'Club restaurant and toured the main museum at their leisure. 

If you have never been to the National Museum of Naval Aviation, you should visit sometime.  For detailed directions and a large map,  click here...