Author Topic: Next on my rounds of places to visit.  (Read 542 times)

Offline ebfd11

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 4151
      • [b]POTW[/b]
Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« on: August 23, 2014, 12:29:01 PM »
Wright Patterson AFB museum

I have been there before and it was sweet.. They have made some improvements and are currently building a 4th hangar.. here are some of the sights i saw there ..

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

There are alot more pictures and not enough room here.. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/3twm31prcrn6l/Dayton Check them out if you want.. BTW here is my favorite...this guy must have been taught by me...LOL


It was an awesome day and my tootsies are still hurting..

LawnDart
PIGS ON THE WING 3RD WING

InGame id: LawnDart
RIP Skullman Potzie and BentNail

Offline DaCoon

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2793
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2014, 12:45:35 PM »
   :cheers: bro!
 

  I pass close by a lot of the air museums as I drive around the country......if only they had truck parking     :rofl
AKDaCoon of the Arabian Knights

        MA & FSO 😎

Offline ebfd11

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 4151
      • [b]POTW[/b]
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2014, 12:52:12 PM »
Coon they have parking for oversized vehicles aka larffe campers and buses.. When I was there they had 3 rigs with trailers in the lot. So you can park there AND it free!!!!

LawnDart
PIGS ON THE WING 3RD WING

InGame id: LawnDart
RIP Skullman Potzie and BentNail

Offline DaCoon

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2793
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2014, 07:29:37 PM »
I really need to get a laptop for my truck so when I get loads going by these places I can get all the info.
AKDaCoon of the Arabian Knights

        MA & FSO 😎

Offline 68valu

  • Nickel Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 517
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2014, 10:08:37 AM »
Really nice pics.

The upper left pic in the OP is the actual squad we (68th lightning Lancers AH squad) are representing as best we can.


                                                                                                     68valu
Flying since tour 84

Offline ebfd11

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 4151
      • [b]POTW[/b]
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2014, 11:34:06 AM »
Valu I thought you guys would love to see that one.

LawnDart
PIGS ON THE WING 3RD WING

InGame id: LawnDart
RIP Skullman Potzie and BentNail

Offline MrGeezer

  • Nickel Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 627
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2014, 05:25:47 PM »
Go to the guard shack and politely ask to be taken to the underground hangar under hangar 51 and see what they say.    :noid
Killing Virtual Bad Guys Since 1995  Disabled, retired.

"Posting anything, which says anything positive about anyone, on our board, will always turn into a derogatory mess. It should be a forum posting rule."  Roy "Skuzzy" Neese

Offline Flench

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3104
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2014, 07:59:53 PM »
Wonder who built the bike ?
Army of Muppets-"Failure is impossible"-Death before dishonor
         Lead follow or get out of the way  !!

Offline USRanger

  • AvA Staff Member
  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 10325
      • BoP Home
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2014, 08:34:16 PM »
I live about an hour from it and have never been. :o
Axis vs Allies Staff Member
☩ JG11 Sonderstaffel ☩
Flying 'Black[Death] 10' ☩JG11☩

Only the Proud, Only the Strong Ne Desit Virtus

Offline Brooke

  • Aces High CM Staff
  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 15545
      • http://www.electraforge.com/brooke/
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2014, 03:49:27 PM »
Thanks for the pics.  It is a great place.

Offline Brooke

  • Aces High CM Staff
  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 15545
      • http://www.electraforge.com/brooke/
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2014, 03:51:23 PM »
I live about an hour from it and have never been. :o

When you visit, you will be glad that you did.  The place is amazing.

Offline Flench

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3104
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2014, 02:47:36 AM »
When you do go see who built the bike .
Army of Muppets-"Failure is impossible"-Death before dishonor
         Lead follow or get out of the way  !!

Offline Ratsy

  • Nickel Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 564
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2014, 07:44:43 AM »
The bike is an Orange County build.  It was commissioned by the Air Force Recruiting Service.  A friend, the AFRS operations officer at the time, began doing things like this in the last years of his career.  He also arranged for NASCAR sponsorships and they even sponsored a Monster Truck (Damon Bradshaw - Afterburner).

I am surprised and pleased to see the chopper at Dayton.  It represented a 'leap' in thinking when it was first built.
 :salute
George "Ratsy" Preddy
328th FS - 352nd FG
Died December 25th, 1944, Near Liege - Ardennes

Operating with the Arabian Knights - callsign AKRaider

Offline Flench

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3104
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2014, 07:53:46 AM »
The bike is an Orange County build.  It was commissioned by the Air Force Recruiting Service.  A friend, the AFRS operations officer at the time, began doing things like this in the last years of his career.  He also arranged for NASCAR sponsorships and they even sponsored a Monster Truck (Damon Bradshaw - Afterburner).

I am surprised and pleased to see the chopper at Dayton.  It represented a 'leap' in thinking when it was first built.
 :salute

That's what I was thinking . I seen when they built the bike just was not sure . Thx
Army of Muppets-"Failure is impossible"-Death before dishonor
         Lead follow or get out of the way  !!

Offline Scherf

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3409
Re: Next on my rounds of places to visit.
« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2014, 08:10:27 AM »
I live about an hour from it and have never been. :o

You are an extremely bad and naughty person.

 :old:
... missions were to be met by the commitment of alerted swarms of fighters, composed of Me 109's and Fw 190's, that were strategically based to protect industrial installations. The inferior capabilities of these fighters against the Mosquitoes made this a hopeless and uneconomical effort. 1.JD KTB