Historical Video

[GopherM]

of Pax River from the good old days.

YouTube - Testport (1971) Naval Air Test Center, Pax River

 

[Larry Gude]

Neat!

40 years ago.

 

[GopherM]

Neat!

40 years ago.

Yep...and we got plumbing and everything out at our building now.

(And for real...I knew 5 of the people in the video. Who's your grandaddy now?).

 

[glhs837]

Cool to see whats different and whats the same.

 

[Larry Gude]

Yep...and we got plumbing and everything out at our building now.

(And for real...I knew 5 of the people in the video. Who's your grandaddy now?).

The stories you could tell of the place.

 

[StadEMS3]

Cool, I've been sitting here at work watching all the other related videos too. Neat seeing all the 70's stuff.

 

[BadGirl]

Near the beginning of the video, while he's in his car, notice the Esperanza Shopping Center in the background.

The arial shots over Pax River are cool, too. Notice the absence of The Bridge.

 

[Vince]

Before my time......but not by much.

 

[chernmax]

Wow that was cool!!!

 

[GopherM]

Good stuff.
Anyone notice the Studebaker Avanti the test pilot was driving(only produced 1963-64). Cool!

It may be original, but I'm pretty sure a Canadian company bought production rights for the Avanti and continued production for a few more years in the 70's.

 

[Larry Gude]

Just fascinating, the multiple rocket launchers, dropping bombs at the same time, I'm sure all presented rather minor problems to the engineers but, still, to a layman, fascinating stuff!

 

[Tomcat]

I first drove through the main gate April 10, 1971. Still here somehow :shrug:

 

[desertrat]

Good stuff.
Anyone notice the Studebaker Avanti the test pilot was driving(only produced 1963-64). Cool!

Yep.

of Pax River from the good old days.

YouTube - Testport (1971) Naval Air Test Center, Pax River

I gotta say the target ship was in much better shape back then.

 

[GopherM]

I first drove through the main gate April 10, 1971. Still here somehow :shrug:

I arrived here during the last week of 1971 to serve a 4 year tour as an aircrew systems instructor with VP-30. They left, I stayed.

 

[GopherM]

Yep.



I gotta say the target ship was in much better shape back then.

It's scheduled to be replaced.

 

[desertrat]

It's scheduled to be replaced.

And, I haven't seen it for abot 6 years, I think.

 

[ChattyCat]

I first drove through the main gate April 10, 1971. Still here somehow :shrug:

Way to go!

 

[MADPEBS1]

78 and still here, this is great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kom526]

I'll have to send this to my FIL. He started at Pax back in the late 50's doing the Patuxent Partnership program out of Ryken. Spent some time working on the first gen Hawkeye TM's and TD at TPS.

 

[dustin]

that is a pretty cool vid

found this when trying to look up some old photos of our hangar:
http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/026000/026600/026691/pdf/msa_se5_26691.pdf