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3 unusual facts about Naval Training Center Orlando


Naval Training Center Orlando

In January 1944, the entire program was moved to Hammer Field, California and placed under IV Fighter Command.

NAVHOSP Orlando was transferred to the Veteran's Administration as an outpatient clinic and most of SERVSCOLSCOM Orlando's complex was transferred to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, while NAWCTSD continues to operate to this day at the separate Naval Support Activity Orlando installation to the east in the Central Florida Research Park.

The size and importance of the Orlando base, where pilots tested new aircraft brought notable visitors such as Chief of the Army Air Force General Hap Arnold and entertainer Bob Hope.


Cady Way Trail

It was constructed along an abandoned East Florida and Atlantic Railroad corridor, which ran to the Naval Training Center Orlando, which is now Baldwin Park, an upscale housing project.


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Cady Way Trail

Departing south from Hall Road, the trail passes Goldenrod Park, crosses State Road 436 via a bridge opened in November 2006, then passes Cady Way Park, Ward Park, Brookshire Elementary School, Winter Park High School, the former Naval Training Center Orlando and the Winter Pines Golf Club.