Kyushuj7w
Airman 1st Class
A road trip in 2018 down to the guld coast. Some other smaller museums aloong the way well worth seeing if you get the chance. Here you can see some of the sole examples left of naval aircraft . Go to theor web sites for more information
A great museum, every bit as good as the USAF Museum in Dayton just smaller as they don't need space to display B-29's , 36's, 47's, 52's and ICBM's
This museum is free but don't trust your google maps as it takes you to the wrong entrance. Get the exact entrance address from their web site. Just show photo ID at the guard gate. They do charge for some of the "experiences" like flight simulators and an Imax theater but there are often speakers or some other event happening so you can spend a day here easily by taking your time. he Blue Angles practice here as well as other naval air students, so you can watch this in the stands. We missed one of these practices so I can't say how good they are or close they come to the stands they come. They have a small restaurant that is not over priced and a gift shop. They also have a shuttle ride to the back 40 that is full of aircraft on the restoration list. Many of these individual aircraft have some stories of their own. Well worth the stop and from there you can head over to the USS Alabama - Submarine Drum and the Aircraft and Armour on display about an hour away in Mobile. Have dinner in their down town historic area as they have some nice old parks. Sort of like a small less boisterous and cleaner version of New Orleans. More on that in the National WWII Museum post.
A great museum, every bit as good as the USAF Museum in Dayton just smaller as they don't need space to display B-29's , 36's, 47's, 52's and ICBM's
This museum is free but don't trust your google maps as it takes you to the wrong entrance. Get the exact entrance address from their web site. Just show photo ID at the guard gate. They do charge for some of the "experiences" like flight simulators and an Imax theater but there are often speakers or some other event happening so you can spend a day here easily by taking your time. he Blue Angles practice here as well as other naval air students, so you can watch this in the stands. We missed one of these practices so I can't say how good they are or close they come to the stands they come. They have a small restaurant that is not over priced and a gift shop. They also have a shuttle ride to the back 40 that is full of aircraft on the restoration list. Many of these individual aircraft have some stories of their own. Well worth the stop and from there you can head over to the USS Alabama - Submarine Drum and the Aircraft and Armour on display about an hour away in Mobile. Have dinner in their down town historic area as they have some nice old parks. Sort of like a small less boisterous and cleaner version of New Orleans. More on that in the National WWII Museum post.
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