Did you get to see a P-61 Black Widow? I'd go to Dayton just for that, Tom
who lives five minutes from the Pensacola National Naval Air Museum.


"Just Plane Noise" wrote in message
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On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:59:21 -0500, Lynn in StLou
wrote:

Just Plane Noise wrote:
On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:18:32 GMT, Lynn in StLou
wrote:

Have you visted bth Dayton and Pensacola? Judging from these fine
pics, the Navy's museum is much more cramped than the Air Force's
(which is nearly a photographer's dream except for the lighting). But
then I guess the Navy is used to such things (aircraft carriers, or
worse, subs!).

Have not been to Dayton. Pensacola does present
challenges, but that is part of the fun.


By all means, get to Dayton! Even my "I-don't-care-about-airplanes"
wife was blown away by the exhibit quality. A docent there actually
challenged us to name a general type they didn't have. When I saw the
Stilletto there (I had built a model of it as a kid) and a B 36, I
gave up even trying to think of one. And the collection of Air Force
Ones in another hangar is also amazing (though not as well displayed,
and not air conditioned). To stand in the very spot where LBJ took
the oath of office after JFK's assassination--regardless of what
anybody thinks of either president--will give you pause for sure. (We
also stopped at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland--another
first-rate museum. Plastic airplanes and rock 'n' roll defined my
childhood and early adolescence.)