Link Trainer Building

4050 SW 14th Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. County/parish: Broward.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 20, 1998. NRIS 98000454.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Fort Lauderdale USNAS Building #8

From Wikipedia:

Link Trainer Building

The Link Trainer Building (also known as the Fort Lauderdale USNAS Building #8 and currently the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum) is an historic structure in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. On May 20, 1998, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The wood frame vernacular building was part of the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale (NAS Ft Lauderdale). It was used to train torpedo bomber pilots during World War II using Link Trainer flight simulators. As of 2018 the building serves as the Naval Station Fort Lauderdale Museum.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77842167

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