I went to jr hi at the former NAS Ft lauderdale in the late 1950s - in the original Navy buildings. At that time the Electra version of the P-3 would be seen taking off from the airport nearby, climbing at a very steep angle. The Navy still had a mine warfare op there.
In recent years I moved to Bucks County in suburban Phila. I enjoyed stopping by the small visitor area at NAS Willow Grove. Callsign NXX. They had a number of WWII planes on display including an Me-262 & a Henschel float plane. All gone now but there is a very nice museum nearby that I donated my WWII military aircraft books to.
The local ground water is contaminated with the Forever Chemicals left by the Navy from years of using fire-fighting foam.
During the late 50s we drove from FL to NY & were on the Chesapeake Bay car ferry when a P-2 overflew us on a training sorty.
Jack
