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To: Rezod21

I'll toss another vote in for the Air Force museum at Wright Patterson. Anyone has hasn't paid it a visit, should do so. Even my wife, who isn't a machine buff, loved it!


50 posted on 08/01/2005 8:14:09 PM PDT by LRS
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To: LRS
I'll toss another vote in for the Air Force museum at Wright Patterson. Anyone has hasn't paid it a visit, should do so. Even my wife, who isn't a machine buff, loved it!

Another vote here. I went several years ago when a friend rented a Cessna for a fly-in at WPAFB. Let me tell ya, going from Atlanta to Dayton for a quick day trip is a good argument in favor of getting a pilot's license.

The hangars are enormous. Any structure that dwarfs a B-52 is pretty impressive all by itself.

92 posted on 08/02/2005 3:01:35 AM PDT by ReignOfError
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Second the motion (third or fourth?) on the Air Force Museum. They have a B-36 there that overawes you when you stand next to it. The thing is mammoth, with 80 inch tires on the main gear.

Also they have a B-52 there and when you read its history (Vietnam) you get chills. She is a battlescarred veteran.

The Enola Gay is out at the Smithsonian Museum extension at Dulles and it is worth the trip just to see her. She is a beautiful old darling; looks ready to go.

Japanese tourists always pause to look at her....hard to know what they are thinking.

Regards,

100 posted on 08/02/2005 7:31:51 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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