Navy Museum Honors Flag Day, Holds MEET THE AIRPLANE!
The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum will honor Flag Day, June 15, with an appearance by aviation and flag artist Douglas Rowe who will show and talk about his art.
Some of Mr. Rowe’s pieces will be on-site and for sale and he will take orders throughout the day. Examples of Mr. Rowe’s work are on his website.
Activities for children include different paper and Styrofoam airplanes; each with its own flight characteristics that can be tested and demonstrated with aviation specialists throughout the afternoon. Join the exclusive FOD Club; find FOD (Foreign Objects that Damage aircraft) in and around the Museum; get your FOD Club Card stamped for additional savings at the Flightline Gift Shop.
Also on Saturday June 15, the museum’s MEET THE AIRPLANE! series will focus on the Kaman SH-2 Seasprite helicopter from noon to 3 p.m.
The Seasprite was developed in the 1950s and supported the US Navy and Reserves through the 1990s. A panel of SH-2 operators will tell their personal stories about the Seasprite and answer questions about this aircraft and others around the flightline. The formal panel discussion will be in the Main Exhibit Hall at 2:00 p.m.
During the MEET THE AIRPLANE! will be an exclusive raffle drawing for a remarqued Hank Caruso Aerocature© print.
Aerocature© prints are available at the Museum Flightline Gift Store, which has the largest collection of aviation themed merchandise in the Southern Maryland area.
