It’s been a very popular topic in other forums where I have started it.
My more than 40 years aviation career was almost exclusively in support of Naval Aviation. I did 31 years active duty with the Navy and another 10 Years as a Navy civilian employee at The Naval Aviation Depot, Jacksonville, FL. I also worked for Eastern Airlines as their ramp manager at Jacksonville, FL until they folded.
I’ll kick this off with aircraft I worked on and move on from there to my extensive picture files.
I graduated out of Navy boot camp at Great Lakes, IL in March of 1957 as an Airman Apprentice (AA). I did that because I started flying with my father at age 8 and knew enough about theory of flight to bypass initial Naval Aviation training.
My first duty station was at the Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Oahu, TH. Hawaii was not yet a state.
The squadron was AIRBARSRON2 which would become one of the largest squadrons in the Navy.
The squadron operated three types of aircraft. There were two versions of the Super Constellation. Their Navy designations were WV-2 & R-7V. The other was an older two engine conventional landing gear Beech Craft, Navy designation, SNB.
Airbarsron2 - 1957.jpg WV-2.jpg
R7V.jpg SNB.jpg
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