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This is a great place to visit in the Gulf Shores / Orange Beach / Pensacola area for a day outing. In addition to the free admission MUSEUM, there is IMAX with 2 different shows and the BLUE ANGELS can often be seen practicing adjacent to the MUSEUM as well as official scheduled air shows.
Open 9 AM to 5 PM Daily-Free Admission
See Blue Angel Schedule & Photos Below

Easy Driving Directions from Gulf Shores / Orange Beach
Go East on Beach Blvd. (AL Hwy 182/ FL Hwy 282) towards Pensacola, continue on across Perdido Key . The road is called various names: Sorrento Rd./Perdido Dr. and just after you come across a bridge (Look for Food World & a Water Tower), turn right (East) on Gulf Beach Hwy/ County Road 292A. Travel on until you see Blue Angel Parkway where you will turn right (South). You will go straight to the National Naval Aviation Museum.

The Blue Angels practice over Naval Air Station Pensacola during the show season.
The Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola has a viewing area for visitors
to watch the team practice.

2011 Show Schedule
MARCH
12 19 - 20 26 - 27	NAF El Centro, CA Keesler AFB, MS NAS Meridian, MS
APRIL
02 - 03 09 - 10 16 - 17 30	Sun-N-Fun, Lakeland, FL NAS Corpus Christi, TX Fort Worth JRB, TX MCAS Beaufort, SC
MAY
01 03 - 04 07 - 08 08 14 - 15 21 - 22 25 & 27 28 - 29	MCAS Beaufort, SC NAS Pensacola, FL NAS New Orleans, LA Flight Academy Fly-over, Pensacola, FL La Crosse, WI Andrews AFB, MD (reunion show) USNA show and graduation fly-over Millville, NJ
JUNE
04 - 05 11 - 12 18 - 19 25 - 26	Rockford, IL Evansville, IN Davenport, IA North Kingston, RI
JULY
02 - 03 09 16 - 17 23 - 24 30 - 31	Muskegon, MI Pensacola Beach, FL Rochester, NY Ypsilanti, MI Kalispell, MT
AUGUST
06 - 07 13 - 14 27 - 28	Seattle, WA Fargo, ND Brunswick, ME
SEPTEMBER
03 - 05 10 - 11 17 - 18 24 - 25	NAS Patuxent River, MD Lincoln, NE Millington, TN NAS Oceana, VA
OCTOBER
01 - 02 08 - 09 15 - 16 22 - 23 29 - 30	MCAS Miramar, CA San Francisco, CA NAS Lemoore, CA El Paso, TX San Antonio, TX
NOVEMBER
05 - 06 11 - 12	NAS Jacksonville, FL NAS Pensacola, FL

Off Season:
The Blue Angels can be seen practicing from an area adjacent to the Museum. Signs are posted to direct visitors to viewing and parking locations, including special spaces for handicapped visitors. Bleachers are available for seating about 800 people or feel free to bring your own lawn chairs... we suggest that visitors bring hats and water, also.

Practices are held most Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, unless otherwise noted, at 8:30 a.m. (weather permitting) during the season. It is recommended you plan on arriving earlier than the start time; you won't want to miss anything while parking and getting seated!

Visitors to the Museum and the Blue Angel practices must use the west entrance to the base, from Blue Angel Parkway.

Call the Blue Angels Public Affairs Office at (850) 452-3955 for further information.

The Magic of Flight The Magic of Flight captures the thrill of flying! Experience a take-off in an F/A-18 fighter jet. Land on an aircraft carrier at over 150 miles per hour. Cruise the skies at Mach speed.

Gulf Shores Alabama Condo Rentals
Orange Beach & Perdido Key

Call 1-800-786-1890 or 251-981-2643

Blue Angels and The National Museum of Naval Aviation

Gulf Shores Alabama Condo Rentals Orange Beach & Perdido Key

Call 1-800-786-1890 or 251-981-2643

Blue Angels and The National Museum of Naval Aviation

Gulf Shores Alabama Condo Rentals
Orange Beach & Perdido Key