Midway Museum Tour

What:  Special FVCC tour on the Midway Museum carrier conducted by Jim Binford who has at sea experience on seven US and British carriers including USS MIDWAY.  This tour will concentrate on carrier at sea operations, primarily from the bridge perspective, Combat Information Center (CIC), Flag Plot War Room, although attendees will be able to tour Midway’s other exhibits including flight deck aircraft, launch and recovery briefs, and movie Battle of Midway, engineering spaces and fire damage control.  I recommend picking up the audio handset at the start of the tour for the remainder of the tour.

When:  Depart 0800 / 0830 12 September 2024.  Leave from Highway 15/76 Park and due number of attendees, ride in two groups. Jim will promulgate group departure times when the final number of attendees is known. The reason for the early departure is we will board Midway before the Museum opens to the public at 1000.  Double up in car rides since public parking at the pier is now $20 per car.

Particulars: The cost is a discounted group rate of $25 per person.  The last day to buy a ticket is August 30th.

In the morning there may be a harbor breeze, so dress accordingly to include comfortable walking shoes. Ladies should not wear dresses as we will be climbing some inclined ship ladders (Stairs).  We will also have lunch onboard the Midway at the Midway Café which serves grilled sandwiches/beer/wine. You are free to leave after lunch or continue the audio tour.

There are several flight levels on the Island to reach the Bridge / Pri Fly with inclined ship stairs but with handrails. Also, there are elevators to/from the Hanger Deck ship entry to the Flight Deck.

When you sign up, indicate if you will be doing the BRIDGE tour (B) or the General Ship tour (GS) spaces.  This will indicate to which group you will be assigned.

Questions: – contact Jim Binford bjbrsa14@roadrunner.com or 760-728-6393

We hope you will be able to attend. Tickets will be good for six months in the event you have to cancel.

Announcement: Jim Bindord will be conducting a carrier briefing at the FVCC general meeting 27 August which should provide additional carrier information as a precursor to the Midway tour.