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The Opened in [[1962]], the 300,000 square foot museum houses more than 4,000 artifacts and 150 aircraft representing Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aviation. These include four former [[Blue Angels|Blue Angel]] A-4 ''Skyhawks'', a United States Coast Guard helicopter, biplanes, a K47 Airship control gondola and tail fin, the plane that President George H. W. Bush trained in, and the S-3 ''Viking'' used to transport President George W. Bush to the USS ''Abraham Lincoln'' in 2003.
Oopen Open 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Collection of manuscripts, 8,000 books and manuals, and 400,000 declassified Navy photos for researchers. Open weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Collection includes over 8,000 books and manuals and 400,000 declassified Navy photos for researchers.
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The '''National Naval Aviation Museum''' (formerly called the '''National Museum of Naval Aviation''') is a military and aerospace museum located at 1750 [[Radford Boulevard]], on the grounds of [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]]. It opened in [[1962]].
The Museum also features the [[Wikipedia:IMAX|IMAX]] Naval Aviation Memorial Theatre, a Motion-Based Simulator, the Top Gun Air Combat Simulaor Center, the Flight Deck Store and the authentic Cubi Bar Cafe. Free tours of the Museum and the Flight Line are also available.
The Museum is open daily from 9:00AM to 5:00PM every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Parking and admission to the Museum are free, though donations are welcome. Some exhibits inside the Museum, such as the IMAX Theatre and flight simulators, charge separate admission.
===Flight Deck Store===
===Cubi Car Bar Café===
Open from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
===Flight simulators===
*Motion-Based Simulator: 15-seat simulator that offers two virtual reality missions: , including a Blue Angels flight and a Desert Storm sortie.*Top Gun Air Combat Simulator CenterMaxFlight Simulators: 10-minute preflight briefing and 20-minute 2D or 3D ride , 2 passengers are completely in control, with the cockpit ability to switch controls back and forth between the two during the duration of an F-14 ''Tomcat'' simulatorthe ride.
===Art gallery===
===Emil Buehler Naval Aviation Library===
===Other exhibits===
