A small slice of this USN detachment to NAS Fallon. Other aircraft on the ramp include F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornets, a T-34C Mentor, an EA-6B Prowler and an E-2C Hawkeye.
Caught in a fenced off compound behind the Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola in late 1989, the machine in the foreground is most certainly a HUP-3 Retriever. The hulk behind her looks like an earlier and rarer mark of this innovative little helo.
Back in 1989 it was still possible to get up close and personal with the impressive Consolidated Coronado which was on display at Pensacola. She was developed in 1935 to replace the PBY Catalina but never managed to live up to her promise.
Back in the late 80's the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola was much smaller than now and it was possible to wander amongst the rare aircraft types kept outside including 'Que Sera Sera', famous for landing on the ice at the South Pole.