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Museum Aircraft - Show us yours!
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On the internet, I found that Deland had an NAS museum which had WW II planes and memorabilia - it wasn't in the AAA book, but it looked like something Bob would be interested in. So we drove to Deland. It turned out that the museum was in 2 parts - a small building on Biscayne
Bob at the door of the former Master of Arms Residence
and a hanger building at the airport. The roof on the small building started to leak in the hurricanes, and they took everything over to the hanger, and were just bringing it back. The City of DeLand had a primative airport in the 1920s with the first asphalt runway built around 1936. At the beginning of the Second World War (1941), the City donated the airport to the Navy where the DeLand airport is now.
Picture of the old Air Station
Diagram of the airfield
The DeLand Naval Air Station Museum was started in 1992, on the 50th anniversary of the opening of the base in the Master of Arms Residence. The building was restored and dedicated in November, 1995, and has grown steadily ever since. In 2001, the Museum building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
National Historic Register sign
Informational plaque on Sydney Taylor Field
Bob at the door of the former Master of Arms Residence
and a hanger building at the airport. The roof on the small building started to leak in the hurricanes, and they took everything over to the hanger, and were just bringing it back. The City of DeLand had a primative airport in the 1920s with the first asphalt runway built around 1936. At the beginning of the Second World War (1941), the City donated the airport to the Navy where the DeLand airport is now.
Picture of the old Air Station
Diagram of the airfield
The DeLand Naval Air Station Museum was started in 1992, on the 50th anniversary of the opening of the base in the Master of Arms Residence. The building was restored and dedicated in November, 1995, and has grown steadily ever since. In 2001, the Museum building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
National Historic Register sign
Informational plaque on Sydney Taylor Field
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Old airplanes behind the fence
More planes through the fence
WWII Trainer being restored
We went over to the hanger,
DNAS Musuem building
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and it was jam packed with stuff, including some planes. There was an old man there (probably was a chief) who talked about all the things in the building to us and pointed stuff out.
VE Engine ?
Convertible with "Keep This Hero's Dream Alive"
heliocopter rotors
Bob looking at one of the aircraft engines
VE Engine ?
Convertible with "Keep This Hero's Dream Alive"
heliocopter rotors
Bob looking at one of the aircraft engines
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Exhibits in the museum
Inside the NAS museum
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Liberty Museum in Port Clinton, Ohio.
they have a lot of other military equipment, a few cars, a PT-boat under restoration, some German vehicles, jeeps, and the overcoat of Oberfeldwebel Shultz, the A-2 leather jacket of Colonel Hogan, and the Service Dress jacket of Oberst Klink from Hogans Heroes (posted in a 'museum' thread)
they have a lot of other military equipment, a few cars, a PT-boat under restoration, some German vehicles, jeeps, and the overcoat of Oberfeldwebel Shultz, the A-2 leather jacket of Colonel Hogan, and the Service Dress jacket of Oberst Klink from Hogans Heroes (posted in a 'museum' thread)
