National Museum of the United States Air Force (May 27, 2019)

Being Memorial Day, went to the National Museum of the United States Air Force to see the museum to pay tribute to the men and women who paid the ultimate price in the wars which the country has fought in.
These are 1930's era planes and in fact are the real deal as most of the planes in the Early Years gallery are.
Sadly as I write this the day after, the area of Dayton got pounded by tornadoes and one of the areas pounded was the Early Years Gallery of the Museum. No reports of the extent of the damage at this time. 

I also went to see the Space Suit exhibit. They had some from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo (space ship and also the moon walking suits), and the space shuttle suits (orange suit at right in left photo) and space walking suit which is seen in photo at left.
Amazing display though these were not the actual suits used, but it was of these types. I assume these were spare suits or left over from flights. At any case a real nice display and enjoyed seeing these.
I am a big fan of space and flight and the museum has a very nice display of spacecraft. There is a Mercury and Gemini spacecraft as well as the actual command module from Apollo 15. Sure that can be seen in previous pages. Though I have not been in Ohio all that long, I have been here a number of times. It is close to the house and just a wonderful place to visit. Made a few trips to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum(s) in Washington, and this is on a par with those.     

Lots of interesting aircraft there. This is one of the Bell X-1's (the improved B model) which was used for research and development. Most of the X-Planes are there including the amazing X-15 and all inbetween as well as some beyond. It is just an amazing place to visit and always look forward to going there. It is one of the great treasures in the Dayton area.
I made a motorcycle ride to get there, and have put some photos from the ride on my "Ohio and Me" page which is part of this site.
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