Naval Aviation Museum

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PsychoBob is taking me to the Museum this morning since the weather here in Pensacola is crap. Since it's the museum and no food is involved--Am I still expected to put out?

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PsychoBob is taking me to the Museum this morning since the weather here in Pensacola is crap. Since it's the museum and no food is involved--Am I still expected to put out?

Take pics
BTW How is Psycho Bob, haven't se4n him online for a while

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Camera in pocket-there's an old Corsair driver speaking this morning (not that there's a lot of young corsair drivers)-Bob's good as long as he stays away from my wife-she didn't appreciate the humor in his Christmas card this year

I did

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It's a great museum. After you experience it, I think you will actually be thankful enough to Psycho for suggesting it that you should at least give him reach around.

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It's a great museum.

Totally agree. This is probably the best aviation museum in the country (not just saying so 'cause i'm Navy). There is some great history in that place, to include all the plaques that once hung on the wall of the famous Cubi-Point (philipines) Officers Club. It was once custom during a deployment to put up a plaque with all the aviators names and call signs on it. If you visit the museum, spend some time to read some of these. There are some pretty famous poeples names on that wall.

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It's a great museum.

Totally agree. This is probably the best aviation museum in the country (not just saying so 'cause i'm Navy).

I believe that is exactly why you're saying so. It's a great aviation museum, but not the best.

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Wish that I had known to look for your name. I was amazed at what they've done with the museum and recommend it to anyone passing through the area. After mt F14 simulator experience, it makes sense that I've never finished my pilot's ticket Bob was, as always, a fantastic host and a hug from PsychoPatti is worth a trip of any duration..

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So, what's your favorite so I can put it on my list. I respect your judgment in all but politics

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PsychoBob is taking me to the Museum this morning ...

For a visit, or is he donating you?

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I may be an aviation relic, but I'm not in good enough shape to display

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Been about 8 years since my last visit. Definitely a great museum! Let me know if they are still parking aircraft outside due to lack of space indoors.

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Wright Patt, hands down the best one out there.

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Huge hangar for overflow. I'll have to preplan my next visit to get in there.

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Great to hear. Sad to park some of those great planes out in the elements.

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we're taking my inlaws there tomorrow. my father-in-law reads everything in places like that. he probably won't see a quarter of the museum.

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So, what's your favorite so I can put it on my list. I respect your judgment in all but politics

AF Museum at Wright Patterson for comprehensiveness, Smithsonian if you want to see historic aircraft and spacecraft, both military and civilian. If you're in Europe, Duxford is the best.

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So, what's your favorite so I can put it on my list. I respect your judgment in all but politics

AF Museum at Wright Patterson for comprehensiveness, Smithsonian if you want to see historic aircraft and spacecraft, both military and civilian. If you're in Europe, Duxford is the best.

The Boeing Museum of Flight at Boeing Field in Seattle is pretty interesting. It has an amazing range of aircraft from the last 100 years.

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So, what's your favorite so I can put it on my list. I respect your judgment in all but politics

AF Museum at Wright Patterson for comprehensiveness, Smithsonian if you want to see historic aircraft and spacecraft, both military and civilian. If you're in Europe, Duxford is the best.

The Boeing Museum of Flight at Boeing Field in Seattle is pretty interesting. It has an amazing range of aircraft from the last 100 years.

Yep. It has that M21 variant of the Blackbird, with the D21 reconnaissance drone piggy-backed on it.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

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ya gunna post some pics dude?

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I'm in the middle of a hell trip and can't find the cable for my laptop-Probably left it at home. At least I remembered my golf clubs

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...It has that M21 variant of the Blackbird, with the D21 reconnaissance drone piggy-backed on it.

Here's the D-21 at the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson. They don't have an M-21, but that's a YF-12A, predessor of the SR-71, in the background.

Technically, this is the D-21B, which was designed to be carried by a B-52H, following some unsuccessful M-21 launches.

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...It has that M21 variant of the Blackbird, with the D21 reconnaissance drone piggy-backed on it.

Here's the D-21 at the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson. They don't have an M-21, but that's a YF-12A, predessor of the SR-71, in the background.

Technically, this is the D-21B, which was designed to be carried by a B-52H, following some unsuccessful M-21 launches.

Kevin K.

Destroying the plane and killing one of the crew might well be called "unsuccessful".

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Destroying the plane and killing one of the crew might well be called "unsuccessful".

There were actually some successful launches, but, yes, I take your point that that particular one was a spectacular, deadly failure.

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I have heard some great things about the Naval Avation museum at Pensacola I'd like to go sometime.

I doubt it has the collection that the National Museum of the US Air Force has... It is probably one of the largest collections of historic military aircraft especially if you consider the Presidential hangers.

Which includes a presidential aircraft that was at one time used for parachute operations at the US Air Force Academy. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=572

They also have the Excelsior Gondola effectively the highest step in the world in the back of the museum.

I can't say anything about the Smithsonian but I imagine it has a lot of space assets and comercial avatiation which the Air Force Museum doesn't have...

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