[simpits-tech] WPAFB Museum

[Marv De Beque]

Great museum.  I live a few miles away and still frequent it when I can.
More than you can see in one day.

Nice to see the F-22 and SR-71 on display there, too.


Marv


On 8/9/04 4:40 PM, "Brian Sikkema" <hangr18 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Just got back from a weekend trip to the museum at Wright-Patterson. Man is
> that a sight! Definitely worth the trip, if you ever get the chance.
> 
> I still can't believe the access you get to most of the aircraft - walk
> right up to them, around, underneath, touch them (ok, the signs say not to,
> but there's a flown X-15 right in front of me, I'm gonna touch it). Just
> amazing.
> 
> I was incredibly dissapointed with the Mercury they had, though. It wasn't
> even flown equipment (and had been thoroughly cannibalized to boot), but
> they still had it encased in plexiglass. To make matters worse, there were
> no internal lights, and tons of lights shining down on it - the worst case
> scenario if you're trying to take pictures. So I got a couple shots of the
> reasonably-well-lit control panel, but all of the ellusive details,
> controls, around the couch, inside the parachute compartment, were a lost
> cause. I couldn't use my flash, and there was no light on them otherwise. A
> real bummer.
> 
> Anywho, overall a great time, I'll post a few pics once I get them developed
> and scanned.
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
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