Screamer Speedboat Thrill Ride & Dolphin Watch
44-foot speedboat with spins and shoreline views
Ocean City, NJ | leisure | 2 to 3 hours
Historic Hangar #1 at Cape May Airport is a 92,000-square-foot all-wood hangar where Navy dive-bomber pilots trained from 1943 to 1945, and it now holds more than 20 aircraft about 45 minutes south of Ocean City. A TBM Avenger and F6F Hellcat share the floor with an F-14 Tomcat, a Huey and a retired Coast Guard HH-52A; visitors climb into a T-33, a MiG-15 and a helicopter, then work the radio in a real control tower. A 1940s room, Franklin Institute flight-science exhibits and a memorial to the airmen lost in training round it out. Volunteer docents carry the stories, so ask for one. The hangar has no climate control; open daily 10 to 4.
*Hours subject to change.
Visit the company's website for current details.
Overview
Historic Hangar #1 at Cape May Airport is a 92,000-square-foot all-wood hangar where Navy dive-bomber pilots trained from 1943 to 1945, and it now holds more than 20 aircraft about 45 minutes south of Ocean City. A TBM Avenger and F6F Hellcat share the floor with an F-14 Tomcat, a Huey and a retired Coast Guard HH-52A; visitors climb into a T-33, a MiG-15 and a helicopter, then work the radio in a real control tower. A 1940s room, Franklin Institute flight-science exhibits and a memorial to the airmen lost in training round it out. Volunteer docents carry the stories, so ask for one. The hangar has no climate control; open daily 10 to 4.
Historic Hangar #1 at Cape May Airport is a 92,000-square-foot all-wood hangar where Navy dive-bomber pilots trained from 1943 to 1945, and it now holds more than 20 aircraft about 45 minutes south of Ocean City. A TBM Avenger and F6F Hellcat share the floor with an F-14 Tomcat, a Huey and a retired Coast Guard HH-52A; visitors climb into a T-33, a MiG-15 and a helicopter, then work the radio in a real control tower. A 1940s room, Franklin Institute flight-science exhibits and a memorial to the airmen lost in training round it out. Volunteer docents carry the stories, so ask for one. The hangar has no climate control; open daily 10 to 4.
*Hours subject to change.
Visit the company's website for current details.
Overview
Historic Hangar #1 at Cape May Airport is a 92,000-square-foot all-wood hangar where Navy dive-bomber pilots trained from 1943 to 1945, and it now holds more than 20 aircraft about 45 minutes south of Ocean City. A TBM Avenger and F6F Hellcat share the floor with an F-14 Tomcat, a Huey and a retired Coast Guard HH-52A; visitors climb into a T-33, a MiG-15 and a helicopter, then work the radio in a real control tower. A 1940s room, Franklin Institute flight-science exhibits and a memorial to the airmen lost in training round it out. Volunteer docents carry the stories, so ask for one. The hangar has no climate control; open daily 10 to 4.
What's great
Climb-In Cockpits
Climb into a T-33, a MiG-15 and a helicopter, then work the two-way radio in a real control tower.
What's unique
Dive-Bomber Hangar
The 92,000-square-foot wood hangar trained Navy dive-bomber pilots and is a National Register site.
What's worth knowing
No Climate Control
No heat or air conditioning beyond the gift shop, so dress for the day; ask for a volunteer docent.