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That’s one thing I really like about the big museums, they don’t just have an example of a type, they have an example with a neat history. I wonder what this history of that c-47/dc-3 is. Because they’re not super rare or anything. And what’s the thing between the MiG and the Learjet?
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Trying to get aroused by sexually harassing strangers isn't trolling. It's a sex crime. There was a case few weeks ago where a dude was airdopping plane crash pictures to passengers while waiting for takeoff.
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That museum is literally the only reason I'd ever go to Ohio. Anyone know what the deal is with that F16?
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slidebite posted:That museum is literally the only reason I'd ever go to Ohio. It appears to be the plane from the AFTI program. It’s a program from the 80s that tested a lot of stuff that went into the F-22/F-35 and later F-16 variants. Tech includes auto ground avoidance, using canards for higher angle of attack/super maneuverability, helmet targeting, terrain following radar, what became the F-35’s integrated targeting pod and more. https://www.f-16.net/f-16_versions_article13.html https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/F-16AFTI/F-16AFTI_proj_desc.html USAF museum fact sheet: https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/195759/general-dynamics-nf-16a-afti/
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St_Ides posted:That’s one thing I really like about the big museums, they don’t just have an example of a type, they have an example with a neat history. T-46 Eaglet. The last project of the Fairchild-Repubic Aircraft Corporation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_T-46
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slidebite posted:That museum is literally the only reason I'd ever go to Ohio. It's awesome. I went there in 2020 since AirVenture in Oshkosh was canceled. It's massive, like 'you need two days to absorb it all' massive.
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One day I wish the be able to go to an air museum sans wife, kids, or family and actually be able to read the drat signs and so forth and take as long as drat well please.
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Warbird posted:One day I wish the be able to go to an air museum sans wife, kids, or family and actually be able to read the drat signs and so forth and take as long as drat well please. Even then it’s really big. If you really took your time I’m not sure you would get through it all in one day. For anyone going there for the first time (and assuming it’s just one day), you may want to consider doing the museum backwards. IMO the R&D gallery at the very end is the highlight and you’ll probably want to be the freshest for it. Also wear very padded shoes since it’s all concrete.
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Warbird posted:One day I wish the be able to go to an air museum sans wife, kids, or family and actually be able to read the drat signs and so forth and take as long as drat well please. The USAF Museum is a two-day museum, minimum. Doing this makes it a three day museum. The good news is that the area around the museum is replete with cheap business hotels so lodging is cheap.
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I tend not to read most of the signs in museums even when I'm alone with nothing better to do. Even in smaller museums It'll take really forever to get through and by the end I won't remember poo poo about specific aircraft anyway. Here's the aviation museum in Krakow: Nope nope nope
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mobby_6kl posted:I tend not to read most of the signs in museums even when I'm alone with nothing better to do. Even in smaller museums It'll take really forever to get through and by the end I won't remember poo poo about specific aircraft anyway. Here's the aviation museum in Krakow: Are we sure this is a museum and not Crazy Stanislaw's MiG Emporium?
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Imagine the museums of tomorrow. F-16 block 15 25 45 50 60 etc
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mobby_6kl posted:I tend not to read most of the signs in museums even when I'm alone with nothing better to do. Even in smaller museums It'll take really forever to get through and by the end I won't remember poo poo about specific aircraft anyway. Here's the aviation museum in Krakow: Vincent Van Goatse posted:Are we sure this is a museum and not Crazy Stanislaw's MiG Emporium? I have been to this museum in Krakow and it was completely awesome. Tons of hot Soviet rust buckets and the former VIP aircraft for the president of Poland, among other odds and ends.
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The main page of this website looks terrible but it's one of the most complete listings of aviation museums I've ever seen and they even give the registrations of the planes kept at each location, if known: https://www.aviationmuseum.eu/ Here's just the North America page, where you can access everywhere else without the GeoCities effect: https://www.aviationmuseum.eu/Blogvorm/north-america-2/
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I really just want to go to the NAS Pensacola museum and be left to my own devices. I’ve been like 2 dozen times over the years and have never gotten to properly get my fill. Did get to go play around with the actual simulators down the road one time when my brother got his wings so there is that.
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Imagine the museums of tomorrow. F-16 block 15 25 45 50 60 etc Vincent Van Goatse posted:Are we sure this is a museum and not Crazy Stanislaw's MiG Emporium? Mikojan-Guriewicz MiG-21F-13 Mikojan-Guriewicz MiG-21MF Mikojan-Guriewicz MiG-21MF Mikojan-Guriewicz MiG-21bis Mikojan-Guriewicz MiG-21M Mikojan-Guriewicz MiG-21PF Mikojan-Guriewicz MiG-21PF Mikojan-Guriewicz MiG-21PFMN Mikojan-Guriewicz MiG-21PFM Mikojan-Guriewicz MiG-21R Mikojan-Guriewicz MiG-21U-400 Mikojan-Guriewicz MiG-21UM Mikojan-Guriewicz MiG-21US Beef Of Ages posted:I have been to this museum in Krakow and it was completely awesome. Tons of hot Soviet rust buckets and the former VIP aircraft for the president of Poland, among other odds and ends.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:The main page of this website looks terrible but it's one of the most complete listings of aviation museums I've ever seen and they even give the registrations of the planes kept at each location, if known: https://www.aviationmuseum.eu/ There's also a bunch of spam about viagra or whatever inserted in most of the pages
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mobby_6kl posted:I tend not to read most of the signs in museums even when I'm alone with nothing better to do. Even in smaller museums It'll take really forever to get through and by the end I won't remember poo poo about specific aircraft anyway. Here's the aviation museum in Krakow: This is an awesome museum with a bunch of super weird and interesting aircraft. And about 30 MiG-21s of various flavors.
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EasilyConfused posted:There's also a bunch of spam about viagra or whatever inserted in most of the pages Yeah, it's unfortunate but it's still one of the best "is there AvGeek poo poo to do where I'm going already" aviation museum websites. I regret finding it *after* I hit up Ottawa in 2019 so I missed out on Vintage Wings of Canada in Gatineau. Warbird posted:I really just want to go to the NAS Pensacola museum and be left to my own devices. I’ve been like 2 dozen times over the years and have never gotten to properly get my fill. Did get to go play around with the actual simulators down the road one time when my brother got his wings so there is that. If/when you do, be sure to check beforehand. The Naval Aviation Museum is closed off at present because they're still  about the mass shooting incident/"terrorist attack." The only people allowed in the museum at present are CAC/ID/Retired ID holders and people with said credentials sponsoring them in with prior arrangements. On the positive side, you pretty much have the museum to yourselves once in.
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Oh BTW, semi related Gorbachov is dead
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Highlight of the site is definitely the two Lockheed L1049H Super Constellations converted to a restaurant and a night club on Sao Tome: https://www.aviationmuseum.eu/Blogvorm/sao-tome-iap-lockheed-l1049h-super-constellations-cf-nal-cf-nam/
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Oh BTW, semi related They should send him out on a Tu-154, Viking-style.
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I know it's been forever, but what's the origin of the thread title?
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BIG HEADLINE posted:If/when you do, be sure to check beforehand. The Naval Aviation Museum is closed off at present because they're still That was one of the upsides of the USAF Museum back when all of the experimental and presidential planes were in a separate hangar on base. They would run shuttle buses over periodically for escorted tours, but if you could get in between those you pretty much had the place to yourself. I haven't been back to Pensacola since flight school... holy poo poo, 13 years ago, so I'm planning to stop in there and in Dayton when I'm driving back across the country for my PCS next spring. I've done Dayton a couple times before, last time was two full days, by myself, in full-on plane geek mode. Any recommendations for good aerospace sights to see along I-10 between LA and Pensacola? I hit Pima Air & Space Museum and the Titan Missile Museum in Tucson last year, so I don't think I'll stop there again. But it looks like Holloman AFB, San Antonio, and some place called "Houston" are all along the way. Plus I'll probably stop in at Huntsville after Pensacola.
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pbpancho posted:This is an awesome museum with a bunch of super weird and interesting aircraft. And about 30 MiG-21s of various flavors. 
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Wingnut Ninja posted:That was one of the upsides of the USAF Museum back when all of the experimental and presidential planes were in a separate hangar on base. They would run shuttle buses over periodically for escorted tours, but if you could get in between those you pretty much had the place to yourself. Aviationmuseum.eu was mentioned, there is also aerialvisuals.ca and spottingmode.com, the Wrecks and Relics section of the latter. These all have good databases of preserved aircraft indexed by location. I also remember offhand that there is an F9F Cougar on a pole at a rest area on I-10, though I don't remember if it's on your route.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Any recommendations for good aerospace sights to see along I-10 between LA and Pensacola? I hit Pima Air & Space Museum and the Titan Missile Museum in Tucson last year, so I don't think I'll stop there again. But it looks like Holloman AFB, San Antonio, and some place called "Houston" are all along the way. Plus I'll probably stop in at Huntsville after Pensacola. There's this museum out in Riverside. https://www.marchfield.org/ Which lol last time I was there the SR71 was hanging around outdoors. I see they've towed it inside. You also gotta see the shuttle in LA. A little out of the way, The USS MIdway museum in San Diego has some old warbirds on it.
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Just before Pensacola is the battleship Alabama in mobile. In addition to the ships they have a yf-17 along with a small collection of other aircraft. Self guides tours on the battleship are great.
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slidebite posted:That museum is literally the only reason I'd ever go to Ohio. 😡 Cedar Point
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cursedshitbox posted:There's this museum out in Riverside. Don't forget to see the F-20 and A-12 trainer at the LA Science Museum as well. Yank's Air Museum and Planes of Fame in Chino are worthwhile as well. There's also the only YA-9 in the world at March ARB as well. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Aug 31, 2022 |
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The old joke about why so many astronauts are from Ohio.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:some place called "Houston" Space Center Houston is about a 30 minute detour south of 10. More tourist attraction than pure museum, but has some cool stuff on display like a whole rear end Saturn V.
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hobbesmaster posted:It appears to be the plane from the AFTI program. It’s a program from the 80s that tested a lot of stuff that went into the F-22/F-35 and later F-16 variants. Tech includes auto ground avoidance, using canards for higher angle of attack/super maneuverability, helmet targeting, terrain following radar, what became the F-35’s integrated targeting pod and more. https://www.f-16.net/f-16_versions_article13.html
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Wingnut Ninja posted:some place called "Houston" are all along the way. Plus I'll probably stop in at Huntsville after Pensacola. https://lonestarflight.org Lone Star Flight Museum is a good place to visit. I rode in the B-25 years ago when I turned 40. Worth every penny. Space Center Houston is cool. Along with the big rockets, we have the 747 that ferried the shuttles with a shuttle mock-up on it.* *Don't get us started on the BS surrounding where the shuttles are displayed. It's still a sore subject. ** NYC sucks.
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