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[[Image:NavalOfficers1914.jpg|thumb|right|280px|The first Naval Aviation officers at Pensacola were (from left to right): Lieutenant [[V. D. Herbster]], Lieutenant [[W. M. McIlvain]], Lieutenant [[P. N. L. Bellinger]], Lieutenant [[R. C. Saufley]], Lieutenant [[J. H. Towers]], Lieutenant Commander [[H. C. Mustin]], Lieutenant (Army) [[B. L. Smith]], Ensign [[G. de C. Chevalier]], and Ensign [[M. L. Stolz]].]] | [[Image:NavalOfficers1914.jpg|thumb|right|280px|The first Naval Aviation officers at Pensacola were (from left to right): Lieutenant [[V. D. Herbster]], Lieutenant [[W. M. McIlvain]], Lieutenant [[P. N. L. Bellinger]], Lieutenant [[R. C. Saufley]], Lieutenant [[J. H. Towers]], Lieutenant Commander [[H. C. Mustin]], Lieutenant (Army) [[B. L. Smith]], Ensign [[G. de C. Chevalier]], and Ensign [[M. L. Stolz]].]] | ||
− | The | + | The '''Naval Aeronautic Station''' was a predecessor to the modern [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]]. It was established on [[January 20]], [[1914]], when a detachment of nine officers and 23 men were transferred from Annapolis to the abandoned [[Pensacola Navy Yard]] upon the recommendation of Captain [[W. I Chambers]]. |
The flight school was operational by February. | The flight school was operational by February. | ||
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*Jack Sweetman. ''American Naval History: An Illustrated Chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-present''. Naval Institute Press, 2002. | *Jack Sweetman. ''American Naval History: An Illustrated Chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-present''. Naval Institute Press, 2002. | ||
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+ | ==Other images== | ||
+ | <gallery widths="150" perrow="3"> | ||
+ | Image:TemporaryHangars1914.jpg|Tents served as temporary hangars when the flight school was established | ||
+ | Image:ExperimentalSeaplane1914.jpg|An experimental 60hp Wright seaplane | ||
+ | Image:NavalFlightSchool1914.jpg|Planes and buildings at the flight school | ||
+ | </gallery> |
Latest revision as of 12:53, 20 January 2009
The Naval Aeronautic Station was a predecessor to the modern Naval Air Station Pensacola. It was established on January 20, 1914, when a detachment of nine officers and 23 men were transferred from Annapolis to the abandoned Pensacola Navy Yard upon the recommendation of Captain W. I Chambers.
The flight school was operational by February.
References[edit]
- Jack Sweetman. American Naval History: An Illustrated Chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-present. Naval Institute Press, 2002.