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100 Years of Naval Aviation 1

Langley’s flying machine 2

First flight of the Wright Flyer 1, Orville piloting, Wilbur running at wingtip. 3

Washington Irving Chambers,1856 –

The A-1 “Triad” hydroaeroplane. Glenn Curtis 5

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Early 1911 January - 1 st Carrier landing January – 1 st Curtis Hydroaeroplane flight March – 1 st Funds allocated for “experimental work in the development of aviation for naval purposes”. March – 1 st 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. 7

The First Carrier Landing 8

Arresting gear worked! 9

Hydroaeroplane First Flight 10

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 11

GUANTANAMO BAY AVIATION CAMP NAVAL AERONAUTIC STATION PENSACOLA, FL 12

WW 1 – Navy N-9 Trainer 13

WW 1 – Antisubmarine Warfare 14

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 15

Carrier Aviation - USS Langley (CV-1) 16

Vought VE-7 / VF-2 17

USS Lexington CV-2 18

1 st Monoplane fighter – F2A 19

Naval Aviation Thru The Years 20

NAVY SNJ - A/F AT6 21

War in the Pacific 22

War Plan Orange 23

The Essex Class Carriers – CV9 24

USS Hornet – Doolittle Raid 25

Coral Sea Battle United States Japan STRENGTH 2 fleet carriers Lexington & Yorktown 128 carrier aircraft. STRENGTH 2 fleet carriers 1 Light Carrier 127 carrier aircraft. LOSSES 1 Fleet carrier scuttled Lexington 1 Fleet carrier damaged Yorktown 69 Aircraft LOSSES 1 Light carrier sunk 1 Fleet carrier damaged 92 Aircraft 26

Battle of Midway United States Japan STRENGTH 3 fleet carriers Enterprise, Hornet & Yorktown 233 carrier aircraft. 127 land based a/c STRENGTH 4 fleet carriers 248 carrier aircraft. 16 float planes LOSSES 1 Fleet carrier sunk Yorktown 150 aircraft (?) LOSSES 4 Fleet carriers sunk 248 carrier aircraft 27

F4F Wildcats 28

TBD-1 Devastator 29

SBD Dauntless 30

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 Propulsion 31

F3D Skynight – Early 50’s 32

F4D Skyray – Mid 50’s 33

776 aircraft destroyed in 1954 Naval Aviation Mishap Rate FY Angled decks Aviation Safety Center Naval Aviation Maintenance Program established in 1959 (NAMP) RAG concept initiated NATOPS Program initiated 1961 Squadron Safety program System Safety Designated Aircraft ACT FY aircraft destroyed in 1996

USS Princeton 35

USS Antietam 36

Landing Signal Officer (Paddles) 37

Optical Landing System 38

USS Enterprise - CVN 65 39

Naval Aviation Today 40

Chinese Carrier Concept 41

F/A 18 Self-controlled Landing 42

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 (12 parts) Wikipedia Naval Aviation News Spring

FH-1 – USS Saipan (CVL) 44