Sweet Tojo thanks. I will be watching.

Visited there in '98. The highlights for me were the XB-70, the B-36 and the B-45. I look forward to seeing your pictures.

Cool, Tojo! You know you are about 45 minutes from me right now! Looking forward to the pictures.

Thanks, Tojo - Looking forward to seeing the photos, never been there.

Patrick

For those who might not make there I found this.

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-std.html

Kevin

I haven't been there since 1970, just before I got drafted and went into the Air Force.  Back then many aircraft were outside and you could walk up and toucn them.  They even had a maint. scaffold against the B-36 so you could look inside.

I posted the pictures somewhere.

Tojo, you're form Jersey?

XF-15DCC

For those who might not make there I found this.

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-std.html

 

Kevin

 

link don't work... 

I lived in Columbus, OH, till age 30, and the Air Force Museum was always one of my favorite haunts. My family took a trip there when I was in elementary school, when the museum was still in its original building. A few years later my dad announced that it was time for me to fly in an airplane for the first time, and that we were going to fly from Columbus to Dayton (distance about 60 miles). So he bought two tickets (for about $35 apiece - roundtrip), and we flew there in a TWA Super G Constellation. Never to be forgotten.

I went to the new museum several times - including a couple with my wife, after we moved to North Carolina (and had to go to Columbus a few times a year to see my mother; Dad was gone by then), and once with my older brother. He's an amateur trombone player, and practically swooned over Glenn Miller's trombone. Still one of my favorite places in the country. Enjoy!

ikar01

I haven't been there since 1970, just before I got drafted and went into the Air Force.  Back then many aircraft were outside and you could walk up and toucn them.  They even had a maint. scaffold against the B-36 so you could look inside.

I posted the pictures somewhere.

 

Tojo, you're form Jersey?

 

The B-36 was still there,not sure about the scaffold,yes I'm from Northern NJ

I been there several time in the early 80's and it's a great place to visit and take pics, so much history there. One time with my first wife, I pointed to the 'Little Boy' bomb and told her how the Army have combed the Inpact area at Hiroshima searching for the casing pieces and after finding them all, put them back together for the display. And she believed me.....

Nice way to spend a day, but not near enough time and I know I would blow about 5 sets of batteries and a couple of 4 gb chips in the camera.  Got a book of pics of the aircraft in there from the mid 90's IIRC for $5 at the aero/auto museum in Hood River last spring.

Color me max jelous green..........

Here's what it looked like back then, for those who hadn't seen these shots before:

At the edge of the last picture is a twin engin something that I can't identify.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

 

 

XF-15DCC

For those who might not make there I found this.

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-std.html

 

Kevin

 

 

 

 

 

link don't work... 

 

Worked for me.

I'll go through the book tonight when I get back and see if the twin angle fin, twin engine bird  is in it.......

A great museum!  Since my work used to take me to Wright-Pat frequently, I got to see it a number of times.

If you are on a driving vacation, I might suggest another great museum that is a half day's drive from Dayton- the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.  And if you see that, consider also Greenfield Village, co-located with the Museum, which features the Wright Cycle shop, moved and reconstructed from Dayton.  The museum is huge, and features very large locomotives, and many cars, in addition to aircraft.  Also, many other pieces of machinery including large early steam engines, a Maudsley lathe, etc.

ikar01

Here's what it looked like back then, for those who hadn't seen these shots before:

Wow! When I was there that was all inside! Obviously it still is today, but even to me that is certainly different.

Don Stauffer

If you are on a driving vacation, I might suggest another great museum that is a half day's drive from Dayton- the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

My trip in 1998 was to a game convention in Columbus. We stopped at The Air Force Museum on the way there and at Indianapolis on the way home. The Speedway has a nice museum as well, all dedicated to racing, of course. Getting to see Fangio's Mercedes 196 was cool.

Wow! That's definitely someplace I would pay a visit to.

Arrived home today and fooled around with Photobucket,here is the album

http://s180.photobucket.com/user/tojo72/library/US%20Airforce%20Museum

Great pictures. Nice to see a Langley F-15 there, brings back memories. When I retired they had 1 squadron of F-22's and 2 F-15 squadrons. Now I think it is 2 F-22 squadrons and a T-38 squadron.

Sitting in that F-16 was nice. I always like how the seat "reclined" compared to the Eagle.

Thanks for posting the link.

Kevin

Nice set of pictures! I don't recognize several of the exhibits in them; they must have been installed since I was last there (December of 2000, I think). I don't remember those guys "loading" the C-46, for instance.

I don't have any ties with Ohio any more; both parents are gone, the hobby shop where I used to work is gone, and I don't have many pleasant memories of Ohio State. But maybe Dayton is enough reason to take a trip out there.

Nice photos!

I was there in 1991, we flew in some exhibits from Dover and had a nice look around.

It looks a lot more refined now, It's good to see the Valkyrie inside!

Did you see Shoo Shoo Baby?

Awesome photos Tojo and everyone else who posted! I visited about ten or so years ago. It's certainly worth a trip, make sure you budget all day though. 

ikar01

Here's what it looked like back then, for those who hadn't seen these shots before:

At the edge of the last picture is a twin engin something that I can't identify.

In the early 80s I was in the 5th FIS at Minot and had to hit up each of our pilots for donations for the new buildings for the museum.  They were more than happy to be generous for the cause, and the commander was happy over the amount we sent in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loks like the twin tail and twin engine in the last pic is of the North American X-10.  Was used to obtain advance aerodynamic design data to be used in the development of the North American SM-64 "Navaho" ground to ground missle system.  First flew in Oct of 1953-project cancelled in 1957  Was radio controlled, no crew on board.  Max speed 1300 mph, sevice ceiling 45,000 ft, range 400 miles.

I did a roadtrip,we stopped in Cleveland and did a baseball game and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,then the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton,then down to Dayton.We really had a great time.

The AF Museum is now four huge hangars all interconnected and nicely air conditioned.Of course an extensive gift shop.

Thanks for the link to those pics, Tojo.