Rod Dinkins Navy Service
Aircraft, Ships I Flew/Sailed in or
Maintained
Beech SNB
Chance Vought F4U
Grumman TBF Avenger
Douglas R4D
Douglas AD-5W Spad
AP 180 DAVID C. SHANKS
Douglas R5D
Douglas R5D
There were 955 C-54s built at Santa Monica, California and Chicago, Illinois; 201 of them were delivered to the Navy as R5D's. The aircraft on display above at the Castle Air Museum is one of those Navy transports. It displays the markings it carried when its squadron, VR-8, was assigned to the Military Air Transport Service in 1949, based at Hickam AFB, Hawaii.
Navy R7V-1 Super Constellation
Navy R7V-1 Super Constellation
Navy R7V-1 Super Constellation Cockpit
Navy R7V-1 Super Constellation R3350 Engine
Navy R7V-1 Super Constellation Over The Golden Gate
Navy R7V-1 Super Constellation
USS BOXER CVA-21
Martin Mars JRM
Martin Mars JRM
Martin Mars JRM
Wingspan
-- 200 feet, height -- 48 feet
