Overview
Join the Museum with a Virtual Mission! Sign up for a Ready Room Time! Program today. The USS Hornet Museum’s Education Department will deliver a virtual educational adventure from our historic WWII Ready Room to your home or classroom. Discover and learn the science & history of this great ship live with a Hornet educator. Our programs are interactive and also include varied Hornet Museum artifacts!
Programs are delivered via Zoom after registration!
Ready Room Time! Program Options
Mission Strike
Join the Mission with a Live Hornet Veteran Naval Aviator!
Ready Room Time is pleased to offer a selection of real virtual naval aviation missions as they were flown by pilots off the decks of aircraft carriers ranging from the Korean War through the Vietnam War. These real-life missions will be narrated by the pilots who completed them and be accompanied by personal photos and never before seen historical footage. Participants will also have an opportunity to interact with the pilots directly in a Q & A session following the presentation. Are you ready to join the mission?
Recommended Ages: High School & Adult Groups
Duration: 1 Hour, Delivered via Zoom
Cost: $125 per session up to 50 people
Mission Strike Aviators & Program Selection
Mission: Panther
LTjg Dale Berven, F9F Panther Pilot, Mission off a Straight-Deck Carrier in the Korean War in 1953
Dale earned his “Wings” as a Naval Aviator in early 1952. He flew fighter jets, Grumman F9 Panthers and Cougars. During the Korean War, he accumulated 90 missions over No. Korea. Afterwards, as a LTjg, he flew off USS Hornet in 1954.
Mission: Crusader
LT Richard Keefer, F8 Crusader Pilot, Mission Arab Israeli War in 1967
Richard entered the Navy in 1964 to train as a Naval Aviator. He received his wings in December of 1965 and was assigned to VF-174 in Jacksonville Fla for training in the F8 Crusader. He reported to fleet squadron VF-13 in March of 1966 flying the F8-D Crusader out of Jacksonville Fla. (NAS Cecil Field)
He served on several cruises for training and fleet operations to include the Mediterranean and the Caribbean over the next 3 years. He had one year at the Naval Text facility NAS Lakehurst flying the F8 E crusader.
He spent seven years in the Navy on the East Coast when not aboard ship.
Mission: Skyhawk
LT Allan Cartwright, A4 Skyhawk Pilot, Mission Vietnam War
Allan flew the A-4 Skyhawk off USS Ticonderoga during the Vietnam War. He attained the rank of Lieutenant before leaving the Navy in November of 1968. He flew 200+ combat missions and made over 300 carrier landings.
Mission: Tracker
LTDR Dave Pendleton, US-2B Tracker, Vietnam War- US-2B Tracker
Dave spent 21 years in the Navy as an ASW pilot (among other things) and served on the Hornet from 1967 to 1969. His shipboard duty was Ordnance Officer in charge of the aviation ordnance, ships guns and ordnance, fire control, and armory. He was a qualified OOD Underway for general steaming, flight operations, and underway replenishment. He was also certified to fly the ship’s aircraft. After the recovery of Apollo 11 in 1969 he left the ship and reported to VS-33 in Airgroup 59. He had the pleasure of returning to Hornet for some very interesting ASW operations. He then deployed on USS Ticonderoga for a Far East cruise. He had a 4 year tour with COMFAIRWESTPC in Japan. His last tour was with the NAS Point Mugu where he acted as the station Security Officer and staff Security Manager.
Permission to Come Aboard: Life of a Hornet WWII Sailor
Presentation and Virtual Tour of the ship’s compartments
Recommended Grades: K-8
Focus: Social Science, History
The USS Hornet Museum Instructor will guide the audience through a PowerPoint presentation which follows the journey of a fictional World War II sailor Kirby Kilroy from small town teen to USS Hornet crew member.
Our program will start with Kirby living the typical life of a WWII teen and follow him to life as a Radioman on USS Hornet. You will experience what life was like for a teen in the 1940s. Who were Kirby’s heroes and what were his hobbies? How was Kirby’s life affected by WWII, an event over which Kirby and his family had little if any control? What did Kirby and his family do to deal with the changes in their daily lives? You will experience what life was like onboard USS Hornet during WWII and be asked to examine what challenges you face today. This is your opportunity to virtually share a time in the life of a WWII Hornet sailor. Here’s the opportunity to recognize your ability to overcome the challenges we face!
$125.00 per Program
Maximum class of 50
Kick the Tires & Light the Fires: The Four Forces of Flight
Presentation
Recommended Grades: K-12
Focus: STEM
It’s a wild ride, but Navy aviators do it every day. Learn the secrets of taking off from a floating runway with only one tenth the length of a normal land runway. Study the four forces of flight and see how today’s Navy uses the scientific principles of two men from the 17th and 18th Centuries (Sir Isaac Newton and Daniel Bernoulli) to get modern day jets safely in the air from an aircraft carrier flight deck in two seconds. Come along with us and do what Navy fighter pilots do every day when they Kick the Tires and Light the Fires!
$125.00 per Program
Maximum class size: 50
Food Fight: Chocolate is a Fighting Food
Presentation
Recommended Grades: 5-12
Focus: Social Science
Holy guacamole! Chocolate is a fighting food! You won’t believe how many of our favorite foods such as ready-to-eat guacamole and types of candy can trace their origins back to WW2. It’s no surprise that scientists needed to invent food or the processes that went into making them in order to provide soldiers with all-important nourishment. Today, those foods invented for use during WW2 can be found from grocery stores to ballparks!
During this live interactive virtual field trip uncover, surprising and entertaining stories behind some of today’s favorite foods that were developed for the WW2 military. Participants will also become familiar with the history of the USS Hornet.
$125.00 per Program
Maximum class size: 50
Presentation
Recommended Grades: K-12
Focus: Social Science, History
Overview
A Virtual Tour of the Museum with a live USS Hornet educator as your Guide. Explore up to 10 spaces and learn the science and history behind them
Programs are delivered via Zoom after registration!
$125.00 per Program (unless otherwise noted)
Maximum Class Size: 50
Programs Run 40-60 Minutes
Advance registration for Ready Room Time programs are required to receive Zoom information Teachers’ Guide, and print or review any pre-program materials. Payment due in advance and is not refundable, though your program will be rescheduled if you need to cancel.
Tour A
Navigation & Captain’s Bridge
Pilots’ Ready Room
Enlisted Berthing
Fo’c’sle (Anchor Room)
Sickbay
Brig
Catapult Machinery Room
Combat Information Center CIC
Marine Detachment
Ge-Dunk
Tour B
Navigation & Captain’s Bridge
Pilots’ Ready Room
Fo’c’sle (Anchor Room)
Sickbay
Torpedo Workshop
Radio Central
Engine Room
NASA’s Apollo Missions & Apollo Splashdown
Program Description
Let the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum entertain you in the comfort of your own home, as we bring our renowned Hornet Overnight adventures to you! During a two-hour Zoom session, broadcast from our historic pilots’ Ready Room, your group will take a live virtual tour of the ship with a Hornet educator and then dive deeper into the life of a sailor with our “Permission to Come Aboard” Ready Room Time! distance learning program.
Your evening will end with a crew member telling you some of our famous Hornet Ghost Stories!
We will also provide your group with suggested pre- and post- activities you can utilize during your evening along with authentic Navy menu recommendations for meals for that full Navy experience!
Your Virtual Tour will include the following spaces:
- Navigation & Captain’s Bridge
- Pilots’ Ready Room
- Fo’c’sle (Anchor Room)
- Sickbay
- Radio Central
- Engine Room
- Combat Information Center
- NASA’s Apollo Missions & Apollo Splashdown
Program Length
Jets & Jammies will start at 6:30 PM and end at 8:30 PM. The duration of the guided program is 2 hours, and other optional activities may be done on your own during the evening or the following morning.
Cost
$50.00 per household/log-in ($40 for members)
Availability
Jets & Jammies is scheduled for household sign-ups twice a month. For special date requests or to reserve a Jets & Jammies program for a private group, please email edu@uss-hornet.org.
Questions? For more information, email EDU@uss-hornet.org
Preview of our “Permission to Come Aboard” Program
Ready Room Time!
FAQs
Who Can Participate?
Anyone! Our programming is more suited for Grade K-12 classrooms, Youth Groups, Homeschools, library patrons, and lifelong learning audiences (senior centers, clubs, etc.)! We do recommend age groups as appropriate to the content of each program.
Program Length
Most programs are approximately 40-60 Minutes, though if you have more time, we can do longer presentations as well.
Our evening Jets & Jammies program is 2 hours of scheduled content, with suggestions of how to build it into a full overnight adventure from home!
Cost
The daytime programs are $125 per video conference unless otherwise noted. Scholarships are available. For more information on those, please contact edu@uss-hornet.org.
The evening Jets & Jammies program is $50 per household/login with group rates available for groups if you contact edu@uss-hornet.org.
Capacity?
The daytime programs are designed to be experienced by one class of students at a time, so each student has more opportunity to participate though larger groups can be accommodated with advance notice. 50 Person Max Class room size is recommended.
Our overnight program can accommodate up to 100 individual logins, so there is room for all unless the evening is marked as sold out.
How to Book
Complete the online request form by clicking here or the button above. The Hornet Education Department will contact you to confirm your date and time. Note: Your program is not booked until the USS Hornet confirms with you via email.
Additional Questions?
Email the Museum’s Education Department at edu@uss-hornet.org.
Ready Room Time Scholarship Fund!
If your school is a Title 1 and is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, the USS Hornet Museum and the Marathon Oil Company can provide full program scholarships for your class to participate in one of our Distance Learning Programs.
The scholarship serves Bay Area students and will focus on the goal of providing the opportunity for up to 80 Classrooms a year to become enriched in STEM and history through USS Hornet Museum distance learning education programs. This would be on conducted on a first-come first-serve basis.
Please email edu@uss-hornet.org for info
