“Save the Whale” - A-3 Skywarrior Displays - “Save the Whale”
These organizations need our support both financially and physically in order to properly preserve them. Please visit or plan your next reunion around one of these museums. Also, you can send a tax-deductible donation to the A-3 Skywarrior Association; we’ll collect en masse and pass it on to the museum of your choice. Lastly our birds need care, you can contact these museums, form a working party, and spend some volunteer time restoring the Whales.
Known photo credits: Mark Swisher, Tom Brennan, Gary Meyers, Dick Ottalonga, Phil Kovaric, Clint Griffin, Al Rankin, Michael Scott, Mike Glenn, Susan Swisher, Carl Richards, Bo Alkinsis
144832 cockpit section under restoration
The Aviation Museum of Kentucky
The museum is located at Blue Grass Airport
4029 Airport Road
Lexington, Kentucky 40510
(859) 231-1219
KA-3B 147657
Air Zoo
6151 Portage Road
Portage, MI 49002
269.382.6555
866.524.7966 (toll-free)
Formerly of...VAH-2, VAQ-130, VAQ-208, VAK-208, VAK-308
Custody of this artifact has been transferred (June 2013) from Ennis Gibbs' personal collection to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo museum in Portage, MI. where it will be restored and displayed.
Jay Goheen, retired chief, took it upon himself to make this interactive display
to share with the public. His love of the A-3 Skywarrior is evident by the care
he took in this project. He built the models and display case which includes
a video display for visitors to learn more about the A-3. The A-3 Skywarrior
Association thanks Jay for his museum display which adds one more location
to other museum displays of the A-3 Skywarrior.
500 Forrestal Rd.
Cape May Airport
Rio Grande, NJ 08242
Phone: (609) 886-8787 display: courtesy of Jay Goheen: kb2adl@comcast.net
These are our birds, they took care of us…now let’s take care of them!
Known photo credits: Mark Swisher, Tom Brennan, Gary Meyers, Dick Ottalonga, Phil Kovaric, Clint Griffin, Al Rankin, Michael Scott, Mike Glenn, Susan Swisher, Carl Richards, Bo Alkinsis
144832 cockpit section under restoration
The Aviation Museum of Kentucky
The museum is located at Blue Grass Airport
4029 Airport Road
Lexington, Kentucky 40510
(859) 231-1219
KA-3B 147657
Air Zoo
6151 Portage Road
Portage, MI 49002
269.382.6555
866.524.7966 (toll-free)
Formerly of...VAH-2, VAQ-130, VAQ-208, VAK-208, VAK-308
Custody of this artifact has been transferred (June 2013) from Ennis Gibbs' personal collection to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo museum in Portage, MI. where it will be restored and displayed.
Jay Goheen, retired chief, took it upon himself to make this interactive display
to share with the public. His love of the A-3 Skywarrior is evident by the care
he took in this project. He built the models and display case which includes
a video display for visitors to learn more about the A-3. The A-3 Skywarrior
Association thanks Jay for his museum display which adds one more location
to other museum displays of the A-3 Skywarrior.
Naval Air Station Wildwood
NASW Aviation Museum500 Forrestal Rd.
Cape May Airport
Rio Grande, NJ 08242
Phone: (609) 886-8787 display: courtesy of Jay Goheen: kb2adl@comcast.net
Vintage Flying Museum
EA-3B 146453 VQ-2
http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org/
Vintage Flying Museum
505 NW 38TH ST. Hangar 33 South
Fort Worth, Texas 76106
Phone (817) 624-1935
Fax (817) 624-2840
Re-assembly and restoration of this aircraft is currently underway. If you would like to volunteer to work on it or donate to it's refurbishment, contact us at the A-3 Skywarrior Assn.
USS Yorktown CV-10
EA-3B 146457 VQ-1 & VQ-2
http://www.patriotspoint.org
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
40 Patriots Point Rd
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
The A-3 Assn. along with VQ Assn. and many people associated with this aircraft came together and raised $40K to move her from Rota Spain to Charleston SC. The US Navy provided opportune lifts aboard USS Wasp and USNS Seay. Retired USN VQ-2 personnel in Rota Spain restored her to a towable state and repaired major hydraulic systems.
BEFORE
AFTER
Edwards First Flight Museum
A-3A 135434 VAH-3 & NMC
http://www.afftcmuseum.org/
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum
405 S. Rosamond Blvd.
Edwards AFB, CA 93524
(661) 277-8050
George Wesh, Director 661 277-8050
Mike Glenn – 661-859-8915
National Naval Aviation Museum
EA-3B 144865
VAH-123, VR-1, VQ-2, RAYTHEON
http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org
National Naval Aviation Museum
1750 Radford Blvd, Suite C
N.A.S. Pensacola, FL 32508
PH: (850) 452-3604 or 452-3606
Capt. Ed Ellis
6/30/2011 – Last Flight Date
NAS Whidbey Island
NRA-3B 144825
PMTC, HUGHES, RAYTHEON
http://www.a3skywarriorforwhidbey.org/
4/29/2011 – Flight date to Whidbey
EA-3B 144865
VAH-123, VR-1, VQ-2, RAYTHEON
http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org
National Naval Aviation Museum
1750 Radford Blvd, Suite C
N.A.S. Pensacola, FL 32508
PH: (850) 452-3604 or 452-3606
Capt. Ed Ellis
6/30/2011 – Last Flight Date
NAS Whidbey Island
NRA-3B 144825
PMTC, HUGHES, RAYTHEON
http://www.a3skywarriorforwhidbey.org/
4/29/2011 – Flight date to Whidbey
USS Midway CV-41
EKA-3B 142251
VAH-4, VAQ-130
http://www.midway.org/
USS Midway
910 N Harbor Dr
San Diego, CA 92101
PH: (619) 702-7700
POC: Mo Peele, Bobby Reyes
USS Lexington CV-16
KA-3B 138944
VAH-4 & 2, VAQ-34, NMC
http://www.usslexington.com/
U.S.S. Lexington Museum
2914 North Shoreline Blvd.
Mailing Address: PO Box 23076
Corpus Christi, Texas 78403
PH: (361) 888-4873
National Naval Aviation Museum
NA-3A 135418
NMC, VAH-1
http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org
National Naval Aviation Museum
1750 Radford Blvd, Suite C
N.A.S. Pensacola, FL 32508
PH: (850) 452-3604 or 452-3606
Primary Sponsor: Wayne Musgrove – A-3 Naval Aircrewman
Fulton Couty Airport
XA3D-1 125413 #2 A-3
DOUGLAS TEST DIV.
Fulton County Airport
27 Lee Avenue
Gloversville, NY 12978
Attn: Dick Ottalonga 518-725-3512
John Pashley 518-762-4135
You can see some of the handi-work of our association. It took us years of “red-tape” and other issues but those speed ring engine inlets are now (2010) installed on this A-3 after 30 years without them. Big thanks to Raytheon, NavAir, NMNA, and the Johnstown County departments for approving the request to acquire those speed rings. Also thanks to John Pashley and Dick Ottalonga ( the guys who actually installed them)
New England Air Museum
A-3B 142246
VAH-13, NATC
http://www.neam.org/
New England Air Museum
Bradley International Airport
36 Perimeter RD
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
PH: (860) 623-3305
Pima Air Museum, Arizona
EA-3A 130361
NATC, WESTINGHOUSE, NASA, ARMY, VQ-2
http://www.pimaair.org/
Pima Air and Space Museum
6000 East Valencia Road
Tucson, AZ 85706
PH: (520) 574-0462
Oakland Aviation Museum
KA-3B 147666
VAH-2, VAQ-130, VAK-308
http://www.oaklandaviationmuseum.org/
Oakland Aviation Museum
PO Box 14264 – 8260 Boeing St
North Field Oakland International Airport
Oakland, CA 94614
PH: (510) 638-7100
POC: Ely, Greg [Greg.Ely@mvla.net]
National Vigilance park
EA-3B 146448
VQ-2
https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/vigilance_park/ea3b_comes.shtml
National Cryptologic Museum
Colony 7 Road Rt32 and Rt295
Fort Meade, MD 20755
PH: (301) 688-5849
Castle Air Museum
RA-3B 144843
VAP-61, VAP-62, RAYTHEON
http://www.castleairmuseum.org/
Castle Air Museum
5050 Santa Fe Drive
Atwater, California 95301-5154
Office: (209) 723-2178
Joe Pruzzo – 209-201-8289
Pacific Aviation Museum
NTA-3B 144867
NARU, HUGHES, RAYTHEON
http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/
Pearl Harbor Visitor Center
7 Arizona Memorial Dr
Honolulu, HI 96818+3104
808-423-1942
6/28/2011 – Flight to NAS North Island
Davis Monthan AFB
NA-3B 142630
NATF, NWC, NPTR, VAH-11, VAH-6, VX-5 Tucson, Arizona
Tours: (520) 574-0462 or (520) 228-3358
This is the bird on “Celebrity Row”.
Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA Airport
KA-3B 138965
VAQ-208, VAH-4, VAQ-130, VAQ-132
www.yanksair.com
The Yanks Air Museum
7000 Merrill Avenue, Hanger A270
Chino, California, 91710
PH: (909) 597-1735
POC: Nat Richards
Estrella Warbird museum
RA-3B/ERA-3B 144840 & 144841
NATF, NWC, NPTR, VAH-11, VAH-6, VX-5
