Some up close displays of, for example, the cockpits would have been
tres cool. Just looking at the exteriors of planes just wasn't enough
for me, although I could've spent all day looking at the blackbird
(that thing was HUGE).

It's nice to be a journalist. I got to sit in the cockpit of the
AD/A-1 Skyraider at Pensacola, got the full tour of the B-36
Peacemaker at Wright-Patt, and likewise sat in the cockpit of the B-47
at New England Air Museum.

Small museums are great, while I was walking around NE Air Museum at
Windsor Locks, I noticed that there was a stairs set beside the
Corsair on display. I asked the docent about this, and he said that
every week? they had tours for schoolkids so they could sit in the
cockpit. I went into major whine mode, and sure enough he gave me the
nod to climb in. I could never have pulled that off at NASM.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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