Great aviation museum

"Margy Natalie" t wrote

I've always wondered if it would be acceptable to provide a stair-chair
rather than install a lift. Having a stair-chair available would make
access to multiple aircraft affordable.

Based on the fact that there was an auditorium added to our school only two
years ago, and they used a stair char to change floor levels of about 6
feet, I would say yes.
--
Jim in NC

"Margy Natalie" wrote in message
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Putting in all the stuff to make it accessible is EXPENSIVE and most
museums don't have much $$ (if any).

Yeah, but I wonder if it's necessary. OMSI has the submarine Blueback which
is open to the public, but there's no way that's wheelchair-accessible.
It's a submarine. Similarly, when the warbirds come to town and let people
tour them, I don't see wheelchair ramps, nor could I imagine some old vet
fitting a walker on a B-17 catwalk.

Hmm. Is it really necessary?

-c

gatt wrote:

Hmm. Is it really necessary?

No. The guy at the museum was pulling Jay's legs (both of them),
and Jay bought it hook, line and sinker.

--Sylvain

("Sylvain" wrote)
No. The guy at the museum was pulling Jay's legs (both of them), and Jay
bought it hook, line and sinker.


Ouch! That's brutal.

Either go with: "He took the bait, hook, line and sinker" or run with
something (anything) like: "He doesn't have a leg to stand on."

Please, please, please, DO NOT mix them!

Like I said ....Ouch!


Montblack :-)

No. The guy at the museum was pulling Jay's legs (both of them),
and Jay bought it hook, line and sinker.

You have mistaken me for the OP. Sadly, I've never been to that
museum.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Sylvain wrote:
gatt wrote:


Hmm. Is it really necessary?


No. The guy at the museum was pulling Jay's legs (both of them),
and Jay bought it hook, line and sinker.

--Sylvain
The best is for some reason unknown to me the architect of the Hazy
Center designed these really cool ramps that are NOT ADA compliant, so
we have these really cool ramps that aren't legal. So, the ramps are
labeled "not handicapped accessible" and say where the elevators are.
I'm not sure what security is doing now, but they left me alone when a
few of my former students showed up and we blew right past the signs and
up the ramp (high school students in chairs are just as wild as
ambulatory kids if they have the right teachers/parents). The ramps
have the correct pitch, but they don't have the appropriate flat areas.

Margy

"gatt" wrote in message
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"Morgans" wrote in message
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The Spruce Goose is totally interesting to me, for the massive scale, and
for the groundbreaking use of new technology. Add to that that I am a
woodworker, and that fills out the trifecta.

Trivia: I overheard an Evergreen volunteer say that the reason you can't
access the cockpit is because it's not handicap-accessible and they don't
want to either get sued or modify the airplane to put in an elevator.
Got to run around (you don't crawl in the Goose) inside before it was put
back together. They asked for volunteers to peel off the white fire-proof
coating since they couldn't pressure wash it or steam it off without
damaging the wood.

Seemed like a great idea. I peeled a little for a minute and only then
did I really start to understand how big the airplane is. It would have
been worth it, but if I'd have started in 1997 by myself in my spare time
I'd still be doing it.

Right now, it has an SR-71 sitting under the right wing. The blackbird
looks tiny.

-c

My wife and I visited a couple of weeks ago. Terrific Museum. The SR71
IS small. I'd never seen one up close. The RAM was held on with sheet metal
screws and washers. They have their own vineyard, and produce a very good
wine.

Al G

Right now, it has an SR-71 sitting under the right wing. The blackbird
looks tiny.

My wife and I visited a couple of weeks ago. Terrific Museum. The SR71
IS small. I'd never seen one up close.

Um, the SR-71 is bigger than a World War II bomber, and almost as big
as a modern airliner.

"Small" it is not.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article . com,
Jay Honeck wrote:
Right now, it has an SR-71 sitting under the right wing. The blackbird
looks tiny.

My wife and I visited a couple of weeks ago. Terrific Museum. The SR71
IS small. I'd never seen one up close.

Um, the SR-71 is bigger than a World War II bomber, and almost as big
as a modern airliner.

"Small" it is not.

It looks small due to the narrow wingspan and small fuselage. The
wingspan of an SR-71 is only 20ft more then a Cherokee (55ft vs
35ft). Length is about the only measurement it isn't small in.
I remember walking around the one at the Air Force Museum and
thinking how small it looked.

For comparison:

SR-71 B-17 PA-28
----- ---- -----
Wingspan 55ft 7in 103ft 9in 35ft
Height 18ft 6in 19ft 1in 7ft 4in
Length 107ft 5in 74ft 4in 23ft 10in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR-71_Blackbird
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-17_Flying_Fortress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa-28 (I've actually flown the Warrior
pictured in the article. I guess that's worth 15 seconds
of internet fame.

John
--
John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Right now, it has an SR-71 sitting under the right wing. The
blackbird
looks tiny.

My wife and I visited a couple of weeks ago. Terrific Museum. The
SR71
IS small. I'd never seen one up close.

Um, the SR-71 is bigger than a World War II bomber, and almost as big
as a modern airliner.


At the Boeing Museum of Flight they have a Blackbird cockpit that you can
sit in.

All the kids hover around the F-16 cockpit while their fathers sort of stare
at the other in something like teary-eyed wonder. I wonder how many
fully-grown adults throw tantrums when their wives tell them it's time to
get out and let the next guy play.

-c