I hope you enjoy a few photos I took recently of planes and people (and helicopters) on the flight deck of San Diego’s USS Midway Museum. The historic aircraft carrier served longer than any other American carrier in the 20th century, spanning five decades from 1945 to 1992. Countless amazing stories have been lived by thousands serving aboard the USS Midway, and many of those stories continue today as docents and volunteers relate their personal shipboard experiences to visitors from around the world. San Diego’s unique aircraft carrier museum, now over ten years old, hosts over a million visitors a year.
Midway’s large flight deck, enlarged from 2.8 to 4 acres in 1966, today features a couple dozen restored aircraft that represent different eras of modern military history. The internet is jammed with pages showing and describing these aircraft in detail, so I thought I’d just provide a quick flavor of what it’s like to walk out on the flight deck on a typical San Diego day. If you’d like to take the cool self-guided tour of the ship, which I highly recommend, plan to spend at least an hour!
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5 thoughts on “Planes and people on USS Midway’s flight deck.”
Great shots, Richard! What a nice view of Coronado from the flight deck!
If you really want to see everything–and there’s a lot–you’ll need a couple hours, at least! There’s just so much super interesting stuff–the hangar deck is almost like visiting the Smithsonian! A whole lot has been added since I first visited about ten years ago!
Great shots, Richard! What a nice view of Coronado from the flight deck!
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Thanks! There are great views all the way around! That alone is almost worth a visit!
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I need to come down and see it!!
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If you really want to see everything–and there’s a lot–you’ll need a couple hours, at least! There’s just so much super interesting stuff–the hangar deck is almost like visiting the Smithsonian! A whole lot has been added since I first visited about ten years ago!
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