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The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum is hosted it's Second semi-monthly MEET THE AIRPLANE! event on 23 February 2013 from 1200-1500. The focus airplane this month was the mock-up of the Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus, the predecessor to the Navy’s current demonstrator…

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The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum was featured at the Patuxent Partnership's Annual Meeting on Novermber 7, 2012. Below are some press releases that relate to disclosures from that day.

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The Lexington Park Leader

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The Disabled American Veteran's (DAV) van paid its annual visit to the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum on September 20 and September 21, 2012 (10 am till 2 pm) . The Disabled American Veterans organization, made up exclusively of men and womeb disabled in our nation's defense, serves to: Provide free, professional…

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The A-1 Curtis Triad Pusher Prop, the first Naval Aircraft, was replicated in great detail by the Patuxent River Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), Chapter 478. The Triad made its debut at Air-Expo 2011 aboard the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland on September 3 and 4 2011.…

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Forty quilts chosen for the national Thread Tails and Vapor Trails Quilt Challenge will be on display at the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum in Lexington Park from Sept. 2-7, 2011. The Navy Quilt Challenge was the idea of Charlie Hoewing, wife of Vice Admiral Gerald Hoewing. Vice Admiral Hoewing USN (Ret) is…

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“Life Before and after BRAC”, the second of the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum’s Educational Program series, was a great success. Held at the museum on Sunday afternoon, April 17, 2011, the event was both educational and entertaining.

 

Former Maryland House Speaker and Circuit Court Judge John Hanson Briscoe was the first to speak. He traced the development of Lexington Park from a high-flying party zone managed through patronage to a respectable business district with the…

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The Base Realignment and Closing (BRAC) process has had a huge impact on the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. The effects of all those changes will be the subject of the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum Association program “Life in St. Mary’s County Before and After BRAC,” set for Sunday, April 17, 3-5 p.m. at the museum.

 

The NAS Patuxent River today employs over 20,000 civilians and military staff, but it didn’t always.  A large part of…

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Imagine driving a truck from St. Mary.s County to Calvert County across a solid ice pack. Imagine a rural life where batteries supplied limited electricity for lighting. Imagine party line phones operated from a citizen’s living room. Imagine feeding the cows and chickens before going to school. Imagine going to schools in a small building heated by a wood stove. Imagine an operating still secreted in the woods. Imagine regular illicit liquor delivery to Washington D.C. from St. Mary’s County.… Continue

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