USAF Museum, Dayton, Part 5

This is our fifth post on our trip to the USAF Museum in Dayton. Our fourth post was on mostly on the World War II-era airplanes on display there.

Here are some pictures of the Korea- and Vietnam-era aircraft on display. A few of these came out a little on the dark side, but you can still make out the planes.


B-58 Hustler. Made to haul the mail, if you know what I mean.

F-4 Phantom.

F-8 Crusader, I believe.


B-36. Actually I really pretty airplane. It reminded me of a B-47 for some reason, like the one at the entrance to Little Rock AFB. It's probably not there any more.

F-105 Thunderchief.


I had problems with my flash generating enough light to take pictures of anything above us. But, this helicopter picture came out ok.



Some cool MiGs.




Cool cutaway.


There are a few planes outside of the museum. It was a tad warm the day we were there, so we cut that part of the visit a little short.


Anita's favorite, the B-52. This pictures also gives you a feel for how big the museum is. This is just one of three super large hangars.

We were at the museum on September 10. The chairs are set up for a ceremony they were holding on September 11.

USAF Museum, Dayton, Part 4

This is our fourth post on our trip to the USAF Museum in Dayton. Our third post was on mostly on the World War I-era airplanes on display there.

This post contains some of the World War II aircraft on display. This is just a fraction of the many planes they have at the museum.

I believe the above is the first jet actually used in WWII. It was highly unstable and didn't see much service, if any.

Me-262. A late-comer to World War II. It had to be intimidating to the Allied pilots, at least at first.


C-47. One of the most-widely produced aircraft in history.

P-52 Mustang.







This struck me as quite odd. Half helicopter, half airplane. I bet it was a handful to fly. My bud Erich emailed me and let me know that it's an Autogyro. Thanks, Erich!

USAF Museum, Dayton, Part 3

This is our third post on our trip to the USAF Museum in Dayton. Our second post was on the various airplane dioramas on display there.

Here are some of the WWI-era planes at the museum. As with all of the planes on display, they are very well restored. As you walk through the museum, you start with the early years of flight, and you end with the modern era and space. It's amazing how much airplanes and the technology that goes into them has changed in just a little over 100 years.

USAF Museum, Dayton, Part 2

This is our second post on our trip to the USAF Museum in Dayton. Our first post was on the airplane nose art on the planes on display there.

This one is on the various dioramas at the museum. They have done a really great job on their displays . If you're anywhere near Dayton, we'd recommend that you stop by.

This is the observation basket from a dirigible.

The nose gunner on a B-25, I believe.

Early flight trainer.

Hawkeye Pierce's hangout.

WWII prisoner pilots.

WWI bomber.

Plane crash. The officer on the scene was not happy with the pilot!



A lot of work goes into these displays.

The older planes with nose gunner positions are the most scary to me. Probably a pretty nice place to sit and watch the scenery until it's cold... or worse, the enemy shows up.



Actual pieces of the Berlin wall.