Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

A little bit about carrier aviation in the 1930’s. #navalaviation #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Here is Building 65 in 1990 before starting SLEP at Newport News. Anyone think it would be great to save the island before she goes to the breakers? #ussenterprise #cvn65 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Let’s start to learn about USS Forrestal CV-59. #ussforrestal #cv59 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Here is the Mk 10 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS), a twin-arm system designed to fire the Convair RIM-2 Terrier. It was a two-stage medium-range naval surface-to-air missile, and in 1972 USS Sterett DLG/CG-31 shot down a North Vietnamese MiG-17. #mk10 #terriermissile #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

A little bit of history about the USS Langley CV-1. #cv1 #usslangley #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

A post WWII conversion from Big Gun Cruiser to Guided Missile Cruiser, here is USS Albany CG-10 underway during sea trials on 18 October 1962. #ussalbany #cg10 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Let’s start learning about the evolution of Aircraft Carrier catapults. #catapult #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Did you know USS Long Beach CGN-9 shot down two MiG-21’s during the Vietnam War? #usslongbeach #cgn9 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Here is USS Antietam CG-54 underway back in May 1987 prior to commissioning the following month, she served till 2024. #tico #ussantietam #cg54 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari

A little bit about how USS Forrestal changed naval aviation. #ussforrestal #cv59 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari