tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494534864880077420.post1169881266214559762..comments2023-09-06T08:11:40.752-04:00Comments on Pink Warm And Dry...: USAF MuseumEpijunkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11095408875283368443noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494534864880077420.post-44985851121520602772008-11-23T18:06:00.000-05:002008-11-23T18:06:00.000-05:00Makes me wish I'd had a camera back when I went to...Makes me wish I'd had a camera back when I went to the Pensacola, FL Naval Air Museum. That place was awesome.dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744840123308975191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494534864880077420.post-16748091130432145472008-11-22T18:18:00.000-05:002008-11-22T18:18:00.000-05:00The little bombs painted on the side of the plane ...The little bombs painted on the side of the plane indicate the number of missions flown.TOTWTYTRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221321904364051792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494534864880077420.post-71509965493232851892008-11-19T02:35:00.000-05:002008-11-19T02:35:00.000-05:00"Again, I have no idea what this is... Maybe Greyb..."Again, I have no idea what this is... Maybe Greybeard can help out...."<BR/><BR/>Well, my hair is gray but I am not the "Greybeard" mentioned above. The photo looks like the front end of a B-18 Bolo bomber. This was the armed version of the DC-2 airliner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494534864880077420.post-54001609062647556182008-11-17T21:33:00.000-05:002008-11-17T21:33:00.000-05:00Hey Epi, having grown up going to Dayton to visit ...Hey Epi, having grown up going to Dayton to visit family and then living there for four years I have been to that museum many times. <BR/><BR/>The bombs on the side of the aircraft represent that tonnage of bombs dropped by the aircraft if my memory serves me right.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401647144942942599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494534864880077420.post-38183669269262588142008-11-17T20:15:00.000-05:002008-11-17T20:15:00.000-05:00Karen... It's really a fascinating place... I thin...Karen... It's really a fascinating place... I think my boy would LOVE it!<BR/><BR/>Greybeard, Thanks so much for the info, I'm going to edit the post in a second. And I just posted the second half of our visit, check it out if you get a chance!<BR/><BR/>Tony, I think you might be right there... That sounds familiar.<BR/><BR/>TOTWTYTR, Thank you, I'm updating it in a second... And if you ever Epijunkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11095408875283368443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494534864880077420.post-71100561254991720322008-11-17T18:17:00.000-05:002008-11-17T18:17:00.000-05:00That's a place that's on my list of "I got to get ...That's a place that's on my list of "I got to get there some day". <BR/><BR/>The first shiny thing is a Seversky P35. It was the first all metal monoplane fighter in the USAAC. As everyone of course knows, Seversky became Republic and Republic produced a lot of planes including the P47. <BR/><BR/>The P 35 was sold in small numbers to the USAAC and Sweden. By the start of WW II, it was pretty muchTOTWTYTRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221321904364051792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494534864880077420.post-80296148197402588732008-11-17T11:12:00.000-05:002008-11-17T11:12:00.000-05:00I'm very much regretting never having gotten to th...I'm very much regretting never having gotten to the museum when we lived in Richmond (IN).<BR/><BR/>I thought that bombs painted on a bomber signified the number of missions and flags were the number of aircraft the pilot had downed, but it's definitely not first hand knowledge that's coming from so I might be way wrong.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the virtual tour!Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17901095300188148603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494534864880077420.post-12255115811377522122008-11-17T10:46:00.000-05:002008-11-17T10:46:00.000-05:00I can't help you with the shiny "Rosie the Riveter...I can't help you with the shiny "Rosie the Riveter" airplane...<BR/>So many of the aircraft in that museum are labelled "The only known copy in existence", I had a nightmare after the last time I visited the place thinking about fire. Anyone with ANY interest in aviation should go... as you have indicated, there is far more to see than just shiny flying things.<BR/><BR/>Too little information in Greybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494534864880077420.post-6922043718048149152008-11-17T10:37:00.000-05:002008-11-17T10:37:00.000-05:00Wow!!!!!!!I wanna go there! Great pictures, great ...Wow!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>I wanna go there! Great pictures, great post!<BR/><BR/>KarenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058163876793685461noreply@blogger.com