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The National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) of Pensacola, Florida is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year, having first opened its doors to the public on June 8, 1963. The museum started quite small, utilizing a small white clapboard building built and last used during the expansion of NAS Pensacola that accompanied World War Two, with a few static display planes. Today the museum features nearly 350,000 square feet of exhibition space with over 150 air and spacecraft on display, an outdoor airfield that hosts the Navy’s Blue Angel acrobatic squadron who perform practice demonstrations twice weekly, an IMAX theatre, “3D Maxflight simulators” and is one of the world’s largest aviation museums.
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The museum is kicking off it’s year-long celebration of it’s golden anniversary on Saturday, June 22nd:
At 10AM the museum’s special 50th Anniversary exhibit will be opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Exhibit traces the evolution of the museum, presenting highlights and milestones of the past half-century as the museum grew from the modest facility with a small collection of 1963 to the tremendous world-class aviation museum of today.
Starting at noon, the museum’s Cubi Bar Café will be serving birthday cake with the purchase of lunch, and a 1PM there will be free admission to the museum’s IMAX theatre for a showing of “Magic of Flight” featuring the Blue Angels.
The National Naval Aviation Museum is open daily from 9AM-5PM and is free and open to the public.
For more information, visit the National Naval Aviation Museum Website.
Born in Milan, Italy, Moreno moved to the U.S. in 1999 to pursue a career as a commercial pilot. His aviation passion began early, inspired by his uncle, an F-104 Starfighter Crew Chief, and his father, a military traffic controller. Childhood adventures included camping outside military bases and watching planes at Aeroporto Linate. In 1999, he relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, to obtain his commercial pilot license, a move that became permanent. With 24 years in the U.S., he now flies full-time for a Part 91 business aviation company in Atlanta. He is actively involved with the Commemorative Air Force, the D-Day Squadron, and other aviation organizations. He enjoys life with his supportive wife and three wonderful children.
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