[simpits-tech] WPAFB Museum

[Roy Coates]

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Brian Sikkema wrote:


Brian... you should have grabbed a member of staff, explained that you
were building a Merc, and pleaded for better access to the craft. The very
worst these folks can do is say "no".  Few people seem to understand that
it seldom hurts to ask and its always worked very well for me. In fact its
about to get me onto a Cessan Citation :-)

Roy.


> 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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Roy Coates.
Dept of Engineering.
Liverpool University.
E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk
Tel: 0151 794 4862