The NAS Fort Lauderdale Museum had a large exhibit at the War Memorial Auditorium, courtesy of Florida East Coast Collector, Inc. We brought in several mannequins, vintage photograph displays about the Naval base and Port Everglades during WWII, poster boards relating to the history of the Museum, Flight 19 videos and NASFL memorabilia. We met many attendees who were very interested in our exhibit. Some of them remembered going to high-school at the naval base, and others (or their relatives) had been stationed at the base. It was a good exchange, as they were able to connect once again with their history. We received a very positive feedback and everyone enjoyed hanging around our booth. Thank you to our volunteers: Allan McElhiney, Debbie Hamilton, Russell Liddick, Fran Scheffler, John & Minerva Bloom, Dorothy Riser, Karl Bork & Mai Hibler, John Casey and David Epstein.

If you are interested in having a presentation of WWII History and the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale at your School, Institution or Event contact the Museum. We have a traveling exhibit (smaller than this booth) with fold-out boards, memorabilia and videos as well as volunteer staff to do the presentation. Please let us know in advance so we can make preparations.

Thank you to the hardworking and wonderful volunteers from UNIT VTU 0808 G. These Navy Reserve Officers finished the Main Exhibit Room carpet installation at the NASFL Museum! Every piece of carpet was custom cut to fit around the perimeter of the room and posts. This required moving around a lot of things and working on hands and knees. The carpet was donated by Broward County Aviation Department and began to be installed last summer. The work was stopped for a while due to several other projects that were being tackled. On Sunday February 5th, the group arrived at 7:15am and spent the day at the Museum until the project was completed. What a privilege it is to work together with this capable and enthusiastic group! 

Our deepest thanks go to CAPT. SCOTT HAHN, CAPT. MICHAEL McGEHEE, CDR. RICH SILVA, CDR. REY HORTA, CHIEF DEBORAH KRIEGER, JOHN BLOOM and JOHN CASEY.

Main Exhibit Room Carpet Installation:

The old carpet has all been removed, the floors are being repaired, and beautiful new carpet donated by the Airport is being installed by our volunteer members: Mike McGee, John Bloom, Rob Taylor, Karl Bork, John Casey and our youngest member Richard Jones, who served two tours of duty in Iraq; one aboard the USS George Washington Aircraft Carrier, and the other as a soldier in the U.S. Army.


Helping with the work were also U.S Navy VTU 0808G members: MAC Patrick Bowden, CAPT. Scott Hahn, HM2 Richard McGowan, CAPT. Stephen Schaffer. Also member Rob Taylor is being generous in donating materials and his expertise for carpet installation. And thank you to Ray Rivera for helping in the maintenance of the Museum.

NASFL Museum members, Mr. David & Gloria Epstein, celebrating their 67th wedding Anniversary.
Congratulations David & Gloria!!

NASFLHA Members: Lt. David White & John Casey at the Museum's May 14 Luncheon, Lauderdale Yacht Club.