The Museum had a special delivery of a WWII air raid siren found by WC (Bill) Roberts of Puget Sound Energy (PSE). The siren was on a telephone pole in the center of town and was tested daily by the authorities at noon during the war and after. It is said that the alarm was so accurate, one […]

As with most of the PBY-Naval Air Museum volunteers, I have several different jobs, with membership being one I handle on an almost daily basis.

All of us so appreciate our members from throughout the United States and beyond who support our mission, some who have been with us since the beginning over twenty years ago. New and renewing […]

Michael Alberich (CWO4 USA Ret.) is our volunteer in the spotlight this quarter. Alberich made his home on Whidbey after retiring from a career with civil service and  twenty-one and a half years in the U.S. Army.  He works in the artifact assessions area and has been with the museum for little over a year.

“I have always enjoyed […]

The first day of the Boeing Seafair Air Show enjoyed great weather and large crowds. Volunteers Osaretin Omofonmwan , Al Hernandez, Dennis Nealon, John and Jackie Hughes, Patty Henry and Kevin Jackson, with his family, manned the booth which gave them a front row seat for the Blue Angels takeoff and landing for the air show. The next […]

Museum volunteer Wayne Hastriter scrubs down the aircraft after it was power-washed with a unit loaned by Mike Legere. Photo by Mike Legere

Capt. (USN) Matt Arny, Commanding Officer, NASWI, greets museum volunteer Mike Legere at the local Chamber of Commerce’s annual Military Appreciation picnic. Arny became the new commanding officer on August 17th of this year.

John Love is our Volunteer in the Spotlight this quarter. He hails from Carrabassett, ME and served four years in the Marine Corps as an avionics technician. His aviation experience involved working on F-4 Phantoms.

Love works in the Accessioning department and states “I saw the ad in the newspaper asking for anyone with aircraft experience to work at […]

Commodore Keven “KD” Long and Deputy Commodore Erin Osborne of Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 10 visited on Thursday, 9 Aug. (Photo by Richard Rezabek)

As we approach the end of 2018, many thanks to our PBY Memorial Foundation members who have renewed their membership. Thank you, also, to those who have included donations with their new memberships and with their renewals!

Our latest new members are:

Matthew Gammon, Oak Harbor, WA

Ardel Jala, Seattle, WA

Jim Lundak, Lincoln, NE

Kirk A. Tollefson, Anacortes, WA

Brad Morse, Bothell, WA

Stephen […]

Eighteen members of the Class of 1971, 15th Company, US Naval Academy at Annapolis, visited the museum hosted by one of our long time members, Scott Hornung. Group Museum tours are always available – a great way to entertain family gatherings or other groups. 10 or more in a group get discount admission. […]

The Anderson family of Oak Harbor, including Angela , Jordan, Lincoln, Leyton, Greysen were participants in National Lemonade Day, an organization that sponsors young entrepreneurs with courses in money management, sales, borrowing and debt repayment as well as customer service. This is the third year the PBY Naval Air Museum has provided space for the venture. […]

A brand new WWII pilot Cmdr. Ault display is now in the museum. Volunteer Dave Strohmeyer constructed the site with materials provided by
Cmdr. Scott Hornung, USN (Ret.) Ault was a decorated pilot for which the Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island Ault Field, is named after. (Photo by
Mackenzie Taft)