The U.S.S. Midway is docked in San Diego as a permanent museum, a mile or so from the hotel where I stayed while I was in San Diego. I was having knee trouble that day, in fact I had been having knee trouble for a couple of days, so I had to cut my visit too short. But I did take about an hour to walk around and visit the airplanes. I am posting these photos in two parts, with Part 2 posting on July 18.
The planes you will see in the photos in part 1 are (hopefully in order):
F4U Corsair
Midways most Famous Landing
SBD Dauntless
TBM Avenger
SNJ Pilot Trainer
A-1 Sky Raider Attack
RA-5 Vigilante Recon
A-4 Skyhawk Attack
EKA-3 Skywarrior
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