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F/A-18 E1 Super Hornet Dedication Photo Gallery 8-3-2024

Posted on by Renee Hughes 2

Gallery: F/A-18 E1 Super Hornet Dedication @ The National Museum of Transportation

(Source: West Newsmagazine/Lou Countryman photo, Aug 3, 2024)

Please reference this link to the fabulous gallery of West Newsmagazine’s photos documenting the F/A-18 E1 Super Hornet dedication at The National Museum of Transportation on August 3, 2024. Reference Boeing’s short video here to watch the 1995 flight from Lambert field and then the Super Hornet’s installation dedication at TNMOT.

To listen to Tim Bischoff’s Big 550 KTRS-AM August 1, 2024, excellent interview, click here and slide to 37:30 and listen through 52:10, to hear about the back history of TNMOT’s Super Hornet, including its deliverance from being assigned to the Tucson, Arizona, boneyard or even more tumultuous, a scrapyard. Our McDonnell Douglas built airframe was spared by Boeing and donated to TNMOT through a loan arrangement from the National Aviation Museum. Future Phase 2 plans are mentioned which look to possibly include adding stairs up to the cockpit for a more intimate view of the interior, and perhaps 3-D printing of the inside cockpit instruments. Exciting!

F/A-18 E1 Dedication and Celebration

The F/A-18 E1 landed at The National Museum of Transportation

Help Us Celebrate!
Please Join United States Navy Vice Admiral Francis Morley and Captain Sterling Gilliam, USN, Retired, on Saturday, August 3rd , 2024, at 10 am, at TNMOT, as they dedicate the Museum’s newest exhibit.

Regular Museum admission applies.

The morning festivities will be exciting and the celebration will continue into the night with…

An E1 Enchanted Evening

Cocktails, Hors d’oeuvres, Music, and Merriment!

The National Museum of Transportation

William R. and Laura Rand Orthwein Education & Visitor Center

Cocktail Attire

7 pm

2933 Barrett Station Road, St. Louis, MO 63122

$118.18 per guest

Space Limited.
Purchase Tickets Here
The first Super Hornet, F/A-18 E1, now on display at TNMOT, flew from Lambert Field on November 29, 1995. The F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet is a U.S. Navy carrier-based, supersonic fighter/attack jet. Built by Boeing in St. Louis, Missouri, 715 super hornets will be delivered to the U.S. Navy by 2027.

Sponsored by Boeing and hosted by The National Museum of Transportation, a 501(c)(3) organization, relying solely on the generosity of the community to continue preserving the past for the next generations.
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