So a little while ago I found myself in the middle of Central Ohio for a couple
of days and I didn't have anything to do and I was like
What is there to do in central Ohio?
This is not your average museum.
It's not just a stop on your way by as you're passing through,
This is a destination.
I you want to see planes, rockets and military memorabilia
tracing the history of flight from its earliest inceptions to modern warfare,
it's time to start planning your next vacation to Dayton, Ohio,
the birthplace other aviation.
You probably know that the Wright brothers
flew their first powered airplane near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
But make no mistake: the Wright Flyer was developed and built in their hometown
of Dayton, Ohio,
Where they returned after their successful 1903 powered air flights
and founded the Wright company in 1909 to manufacture aircraft for the US Government.
From drones, to ICBM's, and decommissioned nuclear bombs:
if it was flown or used by the United States Army Air Corps. or the United
States Air Force,
this museum probably has it, including the
only B-2 stealth bomber on display,
the original F-22 Raptor prototype, and its competition, the YF-23 prototype,
the XB-70 Valkyrie supersonic bomber
the X-32 Joint Strike Fighter,
The VZ-9AV Avrocar flying saucer, and hundreds of other unique
and fantastic aircraft from throughout history.
The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the largest
and oldest military aviation museum in the world.
it has two times more exhibition and maintenance space than the Smithsonian
National Air and Space Museum,
clocking in at a whopping 1 million square feet on a four hundred acre plot
just outside the home of the Wright Brothers.
At a brisk pace it'll take you hours,
if not days, to go through all of the exhibits.
So spend a day.
Spend two. Or if you're like me, spend a week
Sign up to visit the Presidential in R&D Galleries,
or book your guided tour through the museum's restoration area.
Did I mention that admission is free? imagine he aerial acrobatics and skill
of pilots engaged in the dog fights between piston driven planes like the
American P-51 Mustang and the British Spitfires flying against the Japanese
Mitsubishi 0 and the
German Messerschmitt Me 262: the world's first jet-powered fighter aircraft
Crawl through the bomb bay of a
B29 Superfortress, and fly to the history and evolution
aerial warfare from the Korean War and Vietnam Conflict
with the F-84 Thunderjet, the Mig 15, the b52 Stratofortress bomber,
the Mig-21 and the F-4 Phantom II
Meet advanced stealth aircraft, like the F-117 Nighthawk.
Find yourself in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon.
Or make friends with two of my favorite planes: the SR-71 Blackbird,
and the A-10 warthog.
And if the weather's nice, take a stroll through the outdoor
airpark, where massive cargo planes are on display like the C-60 Lodestar,
the C 130 Hercules, or the actual c17 plane that was used in the movies
Iron Man and Transformers.
Nothing can compare to being dwarfed by
B-1B supersonic bomber, or standing next to a decommissioned
thermonuclear warhead with enough power to destroy a city ten times over.
If you love planes, then you have your next vacation destination.
Or, if you can't make it to Ohio, take a virtual tour the galleries online
and donate museum foundation to help to preserve these aircraft for future generations,
and to help the museum with its planned expansion into a fourth aircraft hangar.
You can find the links to the virtual tour and donation page in the
description below.
So bring your camera, make a video to share
and subscribe to Tech Laboratories for more videos that I filmed while visiting
the museum.
If you think that a museum like this is where planes go to die,
Think again! This is airplane heaven!
This is where airplanes go to live for ever.
For Tech Laboratories, I'm Tech Adams saying
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And thanks for watching!