Henry C. Mustin (1874–1923)
Henry Croskey Mustin was a pioneering naval aviator who undertook the task of establishing the first Naval Aeronautic Station on the site of the abandoned Navy Yard at Warrington, Florida in 1914. He was designated Navy Air Pilot No. 3 and later Naval Aviator No. 11. Two U.S. Navy destroyers have borne the name Mustin in honor of Captain Mustin and his descendants, three of whom have served as flag officers.
Captain Henry C. Mustin
U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen skylarking aboard USS Essex, 1893. Midshipman Henry Mustin is in the foreground on the left.
The detachment of naval officers who established the Naval Aeronautic Station at Pensacola, Florida. Henry Mustin is fourth from right.
U.S. Navy aircraft over Veracruz, Mexico, in 1914.
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An F/A-18C Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk
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Lieutenant Charles Samson's historic takeoff from Hibernia in 1912.
Japanese Maurice Farman seaplane from Wakamiya