Live-Aboard Program

Introducing new overnight program for 2022!

Night Wings: Aviation Themed Overnight

Now is your chance to earn your wings while spending the night onboard a historic aircraft carrier. During our aviation themed overnight program you will get a chance to meet real pilots and learn the science behind flight. Your evening includes tours of the ship, The 4 Forces of Flight STEM activity, meet and greet with a Navy pilot, and the opportunity to sit in a cockpit.  Come aboard and spend the night living with history on the ultimate overnight adventure and find out how USS Hornet’s aviators lived and worked on this city at sea! Designed for ages 7 and up, this is a perfect group activity for scouts, youth groups, schools, friends, and families!

During Night Wings you will tour key areas of the ship to see various spaces and systems and discuss the history, science, and engineering behind them. As you move around the ship, you can participate in several hands-on science stations and demonstrations interspersed with seeing sailors’ living spaces! The experience includes:

• Sleeping in restored, original sailor sleeping compartments
• Enjoying Dinner and Breakfast in the original Enlisted Crew’s Mess
• Learning about this famous aircraft carrier’s daring exploits
• Touring key areas of the ship and the historic naval aircraft on display
• Access to special aviation themed spaces
• Learn the Four Forces of Flight from a naval aviator
• Sit in a jet cockpit
• Learning about NASA’s Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 missions that put the first men on the moon
• Earning an overnight crew Patch & Certificate and Wings
• Ample Free Parking