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100 Years of Naval Aviation
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Langley’s flying machine
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First flight of the Wright Flyer 1, Orville piloting,
Wilbur running at wingtip.
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Washington Irving Chambers,1856 – 1934
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The A-1 “Triad” hydroaeroplane.
Glenn Curtis
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Early 1911
• January - 1st Carrier landing • January – 1st Curtis Hydroaeroplane flight• March – 1st Funds allocated for “experimental
work in the development of aviation for naval purposes”.
• March – 1st Marine Pilot – Lt. Alfred Cunningham• May – 8 This date upon which the Navy ordered
its first airplane has been officially proclaimed to be the birthday of Naval Aviation.
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The First Carrier Landing
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Arresting gear worked!
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Hydroaeroplane First Flight
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The Pre WW I Years
• Continued Development:• Catapults• Instrumentation; e.g., Sperry Gyroscope• Wind Tunnel• Seaplanes• Aviation Medicine• Naval Aeronautic Station Pensacola, FL • Quantanamo Bay Aviation Camp
• Anti-submarine Warfare
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GUANTANAMO BAY AVIATION CAMP
NAVAL AERONAUTIC STATION PENSACOLA, FL
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WW 1 – Navy N-9 Trainer
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WW 1 – Antisubmarine Warfare
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At WW 1 War’s End - 11/18
• The strength of Naval Aviation had grown to a force of:
• 6,716 Naval Officers (48 pilots, 4/17)• 30,693 Navy enlisted men • 282 Marine Corps Officers• 2,180 Marine enlisted units• 2,107 aircraft (54 aircraft, 4/17)• Numerous lighter-than-air craft
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Carrier Aviation - USS Langley (CV-1)
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Vought VE-7 / VF-2
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USS Lexington CV-2
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1st Monoplane fighter – F2A
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Naval Aviation Thru The Years
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NAVY SNJ - A/F AT6
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War in the Pacific
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War Plan Orange
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The Essex Class Carriers – CV9
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USS Hornet – Doolittle Raid
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Coral Sea Battle United States Japan
STRENGTH2 fleet carriers Lexington & Yorktown128 carrier aircraft.
STRENGTH2 fleet carriers1 Light Carrier 127 carrier aircraft.
LOSSES1 Fleet carrier scuttled Lexington1 Fleet carrier damaged Yorktown69 Aircraft
LOSSES1 Light carrier sunk
1 Fleet carrier damaged
92 Aircraft
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Battle of Midway United States Japan
STRENGTH3 fleet carriers Enterprise, Hornet & Yorktown233 carrier aircraft.127 land based a/c
STRENGTH4 fleet carriers
248 carrier aircraft.16 float planes
LOSSES1 Fleet carrier sunk Yorktown
150 aircraft (?)
LOSSES4 Fleet carriers sunk
248 carrier aircraft
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F4F Wildcats
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TBD-1 Devastator
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SBD Dauntless
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Transitions• WW II to Korea to Vietnam to Gulf Wars
• Propeller A/C to Jet Propelled
• Straight Wing Jets to Swept Wing
• Aircraft Carrier Design
• Angled Deck
• Steam Catapults
• Optical Landing System
• Nuclear Propulsion31
F3D Skynight – Early 50’s
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F4D Skyray – Mid 50’s
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776 aircraftdestroyed in
1954
Naval AviationNaval AviationMishap RateMishap Rate
FY 50-97FY 50-97
0
10
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30
40
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60 Angled decksAviation Safety Center
Naval Aviation Maintenance Programestablished in 1959 (NAMP)
RAG concept initiatedNATOPS Program initiated 1961
Squadron Safety programSystem Safety Designated Aircraft
ACT
FY
1.84
39 aircraftdestroyed in
1996
USS Princeton
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USS Antietam
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Landing Signal Officer (Paddles)
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Optical Landing System
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USS Enterprise - CVN 65
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Naval Aviation Today
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Chinese Carrier Concept
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F/A 18 Self-controlled Landing
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Credits
• 100 Years of U.S. Navy Air Power • Edited by Douglas V. Smith• Forward by G.H.W. Bush
• DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND
• Naval Aviation Publications• United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995 (12 parts)
• Wikipedia
• Naval Aviation News 1943- Spring 2011
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FH-1 – USS Saipan (CVL)
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