Naval Aviation Museum Multi-Cache

This cache has been archived.

Team BAILE: As I no longer live in the P'cola area I am not able to check on this one so going to retire it. Thanks to all of you who found it over the years.

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Hidden : 1/27/2013
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Taking inspiration from the USS Alabama cache in nearby Mobile, AL my family and I have devised a lovely little cache which will lead you all over the Naval Aviation Museum looking for clues and learning a great deal of history about Naval Aviation. The museum is located on NAS Pensacola, but is open to all. Hours of operation are 9-5 everyday but Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. The starting location will lead you to the first clue. After that it is up to you find find the clues throughout the rest of the museum.  If you just try to beeline from clue to clue this might take you about 1 1/2 hours but we have not given you all of the exact locations for where to find the clues.  If you meander the museum picking up clues as you go then you will probably spend the better part of a day wandering this lovely facility.  Make sure you stop in the Cubi Bar to get a bite to eat.  Entry to the museum is free and all of the clues are located in free to access parts of the museum (no IMAX or Flight Simulator)  The difficulty and terrain of the cache reflect the time spent wandering the museum and not the actual cache location.  While all areas of the museum with clues are handicap accessible, the final location will be difficult for wheel chairs, think of it as about a 1 1/2stars for terrain.  That being said, I hope you enjoy the trip and the little lesson in history we have tried to devise.

Cache coordinates are N AB CD.EFG  W HIJ KL.MNO

A. Number of fowl hanging out around the display of the JN Jenny

B. In an area dedicated to LTA you can find a star-finder.  Its serial number is 21(B)2-C (Look hard its there)

C. Last digit of the Lodge who presented the bell for the USS Shangri-la

D. The fourth digit of the BUNO number on the airplane that greats you as you arrive at the museum

E. Find the first jet ever flown operationally. What is the last digit in its serial number.y

F. Number of US Marines standing guard outside of Marine One

G. Stop for a bite to eat and enjoy the plaques. There you will find the squadron that went on a world tour with the USS Carl Vinson in 1983. They are VS-2(G).

H. Last digit on the license plate of the EA-6B JOPA car

I. Number of kills by the 'Cabot Gunners'

J. Number of exposed diffuser vanes in the model of the J33 engine (not including the two that are bolted)

K. In the area with all of the patches, find the Patrol Squadron section.  Find the patch with a skull.  That squadron is VP-?6

L. In the South Pacific display Pensacola, FL is listed as being 62(L)0 miles away

M. The Truculent Turtle made an 11,235mi journey. To do so they started with 8(M)67 gal of fuel.

N. The number of Blue Angels which are hanging in the atrium

O. The P-3 has the number ?1 painted on the nose.  



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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur svany pnpur pna or sbhaq arne n qbjarq gerr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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