Our environmental engineers (Laura Landry and Bob Hoffman) and our marine engineer (Greg Roebuck) joined project leadership in a conference call with CDR Bill Butler, NAVSTA Newport Public Works Officer, and 3 members of his environmental engineering team (Newport and Norfolk). It was a positive and productive meeting. The call’s atmosphere was very much one… Continue reading Positive Meetings with NAVSTA Newport Engineers, Town of Middletown Officials
Author: USS JFK Project
2015 Year-End Project Update & Appeal
In October we were excited to share with you the Letter of Intent we received from the Navy, committing to work with us to achieve our goal of bringing ex-USS John F Kennedy to Narragansett Bay. In that update we cautioned that we still have a number of obstacles to overcome, especially environmental issues related… Continue reading 2015 Year-End Project Update & Appeal
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston (TECO-Boston) a 2015 RIAHOF Dinner Sponsor
The Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame (RIAHOF) is pleased to announce that Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston (TECO-Boston) is a 2015 RIAHOF Dinner Sponsor. One of our permanent exhibits aboard the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (permanent home for the RI Aviation Hall of Fame) will be a memorial to all those… Continue reading Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston (TECO-Boston) a 2015 RIAHOF Dinner Sponsor
RI Aviation Hall of Fame to Honor First Female Combat Pilot, 7 Others
In addition to AZ Congresswoman Martha McSally, Nov. 21, 2015 honorees include a husband/wife team of Navy Chiefs; a fighter pilot from the First World War; a general aviation pilot with more than 40,000 flight hours; and the man responsible for Coventry High School’s Air Force JROTC program.
Letter of Intent Received From Navy
We enter the last quarter of 2015 with cautious optimism. The Navy has given us a Letter of Intent concerning our potential use of Pier 2 at Naval Station Newport. The operative sentences in this letter are: “… it appears an agreement for the development and operation of a museum and memorial may be structured… Continue reading Letter of Intent Received From Navy
Vice Admiral Tuttle’s Speech to JFK Shipmates
On August 21, the night before the keel laying of USS John F Kennedy CVN-79, former CV-67 CO and retired Vice Admiral Jerry O. Tuttle made the following remarks to a gathering of CV-67 veterans. We want to share them with you all. Welcome: Good evening to this awe-inspiring phalanx of our great country –custodians… Continue reading Vice Admiral Tuttle’s Speech to JFK Shipmates
In Memoriam: RI Aviation Hall of Fame Inductees Bielecki & Gurnon
The RI Aviation Hall of Fame community is saddened by the deaths of two of our honorees within two weeks of each other: 2009 inductee Retired Navy LCDR Paul Gurnon and 2008 inductee Eugene Bielecki.