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From: Steve.Bridges@Dayton.NCR.COM (Steve Bridges)
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Subject: Re: North American X-15A-2
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Date: 2 Nov 90 19:56:01 GMT
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From: Steve.Bridges@Dayton.NCR.COM (Steve Bridges)

In <1990Oct29.034126.11384@cbnews.att.com> Don.Allingham@FtCollins.NCR.COM (Don Allingham) writes:



>From: Don.Allingham@FtCollins.NCR.COM (Don Allingham)

>>>>>> On 24 Oct 90 11:58:50 GMT, gunter@antlia.cc.uwa.OZ.AU (Gunter Ahrendt) said:
[stuff deleted....]
>so.  Everything from the last XB-70 to the SR-71 predecessor of the (I
>believe the designation is correct) YF-12.

Here are some of the highlights from the Museum (I live in Dayton, so here,
but haven't been there in about a year so here it goes).


B-1A
XB-70
SR-71 (yep, they got one)
YF-12A
U-2
B-52D (first one damaged by a SA-2)
B-47
WWI Barrage Balloon
B-17 "Shoo Shoo Baby" (Actually saw combat in WW-II)
B-29 "Bockscar" (dropped second atomic bomb on Nagasaki)
F-15 Streak Eagle (the one that set all the time to climb records)
NKC-135 (From Holloman AFB.  Carried laser and a whole bunch of
	 stuff related to SDI research)
C-124
Air Force version of PBY Catalina
Several MiGS
ME-109
FW-190
Japanese HAMP fighter
Me-262
Me-163 Comet
Waco Glider
Martin B-26 Marauder
Douglas B-26
B-36.
President Truman's Air Force 1 (DC-6)
President Eisenhower's Air Force 1 (Super Constellation)
President Roosevelt's Airplane (called the Sacred Cow, was a C-54/DC-4)

Some of the airplanes are in an annex, but due to budget cuts, the
4950th Air Base Wing does not run any transportation to the annex any
more.  There is no way to get over there, and the annex is temporarily
closed.

They are building an IMAX theater, and is close to being done.

Generally, ev




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