Paxtuxent River, MD — The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum is hosting our third semi-monthly MEET THE AIRPLANE! event on 20 April 2013 from 1200-1500. Come to the Museum and get to know the Airplanes on the flightline and artifacts inside.Our focus airplane this month is the F4D Skyray.The official name is F4D, but pilots called it the “Ford” (try to say F-Four-D as a word).The F4D/F-6A is the museum’s oldest aircraft.It was accepted by the Navy in October 1955 and helps us celebrate NAS Patuxent River’s 70th Anniversary.
The Museum will have Military personnel there to answer your questions on this aircraft and others around the flightline. Make your own unmanned vehicle and demonstrate how it flies. (OK, it is a paper airplane, but it *is* unmanned!).
Join the exclusive FOD Club: find FOD (aka Foreign Objects that Damage aircraft) in and around the Museum and get your FOD Club Card stamped for additional savings at the Flightline Gift Shop.
During the MEET THE AIRPLANE!, another drawing for a remarqued Hank Caruso Aerocature™ print will be pulled. 50/50 drawings will be held for a couple of additional lucky winners for the day. Aerocature™ prints are also available at the Museum Gift Store anytime you can come by; you do not have to wait to purchase those. (Oh by the way, the Museum’s Flightline Gift Shop has the largest collection of aviation themed merchandise in the So MD area!). Food is sponsored by Days Off Catering.
Mark your calendars to come Rain or Shine to the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum on 20 April 2013 to MEET THE AIRPLANE.