1. 100 Years of Naval Aviation 1

2. Langley’s flying machine 2

3. First flight of the Wright Flyer 1, Orville piloting, Wilbur running at wingtip. 3

4. Washington Irving Chambers,1856 – 1934 4

5. The A-1 “Triad” hydroaeroplane. Glenn Curtis 5

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7. Early 1911 January - 1 st Carrier landing January – 1 st Curtis Hydroaeroplane flight March – 1 st Funds allocated for “experimental work in the development of aviation for naval purposes”. March – 1 st Marine Pilot – Lt. Alfred Cunningham May – 8 This date upon which the Navy ordered its first airplane has been officially proclaimed to be the birthday of Naval Aviation. 7

8. The First Carrier Landing 8

9. Arresting gear worked! 9

10. Hydroaeroplane First Flight 10

11. The Pre WW I Years Continued Development: Catapults Instrumentation; e.g., Sperry Gyroscope Wind Tunnel Seaplanes Aviation Medicine Naval Aeronautic Station Pensacola, FL Quantanamo Bay Aviation Camp Anti-submarine Warfare 11

12. GUANTANAMO BAY AVIATION CAMP NAVAL AERONAUTIC STATION PENSACOLA, FL 12

13. WW 1 – Navy N-9 Trainer 13

14. WW 1 – Antisubmarine Warfare 14

15. At WW 1 War’s End - 11/18 The strength of Naval Aviation had grown to a force of: 6,716 Naval Officers (48 pilots, 4/17) 30,693 Navy enlisted men 282 Marine Corps Officers 2,180 Marine enlisted units 2,107 aircraft (54 aircraft, 4/17) Numerous lighter-than-air craft 15

16. Carrier Aviation - USS Langley (CV-1) 16

17. Vought VE-7 / VF-2 17

18. USS Lexington CV-2 18

19. 1 st Monoplane fighter – F2A 19

20. Naval Aviation Thru The Years 20

21. NAVY SNJ - A/F AT6 21

22. War in the Pacific 22

23. War Plan Orange 23

24. The Essex Class Carriers – CV9 24

25. USS Hornet – Doolittle Raid 25

26. Coral Sea Battle United States Japan STRENGTH 2 fleet carriers Lexington & Yorktown 128 carrier aircraft. STRENGTH 2 fleet carriers 1 Light Carrier 127 carrier aircraft. LOSSES 1 Fleet carrier scuttled Lexington 1 Fleet carrier damaged Yorktown 69 Aircraft LOSSES 1 Light carrier sunk 1 Fleet carrier damaged 92 Aircraft 26

27. Battle of Midway United States Japan STRENGTH 3 fleet carriers Enterprise, Hornet & Yorktown 233 carrier aircraft. 127 land based a/c STRENGTH 4 fleet carriers 248 carrier aircraft. 16 float planes LOSSES 1 Fleet carrier sunk Yorktown 150 aircraft (?) LOSSES 4 Fleet carriers sunk 248 carrier aircraft 27

28. F4F Wildcats 28

29. TBD-1 Devastator 29

30. SBD Dauntless 30

31. Transitions WW II to Korea to Vietnam to Gulf Wars Propeller A/C to Jet Propelled Straight Wing Jets to Swept Wing Aircraft Carrier Design Angled Deck Steam Catapults Optical Landing System Nuclear Propulsion 31

32. F3D Skynight – Early 50’s 32

33. F4D Skyray – Mid 50’s 33

34. 776 aircraft destroyed in 1954 Naval Aviation Mishap Rate FY 50-97 Angled decks Aviation Safety Center Naval Aviation Maintenance Program established in 1959 (NAMP) RAG concept initiated NATOPS Program initiated 1961 Squadron Safety program System Safety Designated Aircraft ACT FY 1.84 39 aircraft destroyed in 1996

35. USS Princeton 35

36. USS Antietam 36

37. Landing Signal Officer (Paddles) 37

38. Optical Landing System 38

39. USS Enterprise - CVN 65 39

40. Naval Aviation Today 40

41. Chinese Carrier Concept 41

42. F/A 18 Self-controlled Landing 42

43. Credits 100 Years of U.S. Navy Air Power Edited by Douglas V. Smith Forward by G.H.W. Bush DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND Naval Aviation Publications United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995 (12 parts) Wikipedia Naval Aviation News 1943- Spring 2011 43

44. FH-1 – USS Saipan (CVL) 44