Carlisle A.H. Trost - St Petersburg, FL
N 27° 46.661 W 082° 44.645
17R E 328151 N 3073794
This plane is on display inside the school grounds in St Petersburg, and commemorates the visit payed by Chief of Naval Opeartions Admiral Carlisle A.H. Trost. Note: Campus has restricted access, but the plane is visible from 5th Ave N.
Waymark Code: WM8DHR
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2010
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F11F Grumman Tiger
Dedicated on the occasion of the visit of the Chief of Naval Opeartions Admiral Carlisle A.H. Trost USN
October 10, 1986
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F-11 Tiger - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger was a single-seat carrier-based United States Navy fighter aircraft in operation during the 1950s and 1960s. Originally designated the F11F Tiger in April 1955 under the pre-1962 Navy designation system, it was redesignated as F-11 Tiger under the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system.
The F11F/F-11 was used by the Blue Angels flight team from 1957 to 1969. Grumman Aircraft Corporation made about 200 Tigers, with last delivered 23 January 1959.
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Carlisle Trost - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Admiral Carlisle Albert Herman Trost, USN (born April 24, 1930 in Valmeyer, Illinois) is a retired United States Navy officer who served as the Navy's twenty-third Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1 July 1986 to 29 June 1990. He oversaw the Navy during the end of the Cold War, and the preparations for the first Persian Gulf War (1991). He retired from active naval service on 1 July 1990, following completion of a four-year term as CNO.
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