5/11/2017 National Museum of the United States Air Force: Dayton, Ohio

from: casarollnotes.blogspot.com

Linda and Tim Bunyan

From Orville and Wilbur Wright's Bicycle Shop in Dayton Ohio, we headed north of town to the:  
Official National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.   

The museum was surprisingly captivating to me.  It is huge and divided into galleries that cover broad trends in military aviation.  Exhibits are detailed into specific historical periods.

The aircrafts are displayed in historical context.  

The grounds are very large.  It is delightful: Here on the grounds of the museum.
The Spring is celebrated with
 "Kites for Family Day".

One of the world's largest collections with more than 360 aircraft.  

AT the U.S. Air Force Museum, of course, is the 
Wright brothers artifact:  bike.  They conducted some of their early experiments at nearby Huffman Prairie.

This plane is much like the fuel plane that Michael G. navigated while serving his country in the Air Force.

  The Presidential Gallery housed several President’s airplanes including those used by Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.    Air Force One in silver and blue and we were thrilled to go inside.  

Other planes: 

 Sopwith Camel: FAMOUS BRITISH FIGHTER AEROPLANE WWI.
Snoopy used his doghouse as his "Sopwith Camel" fighter plane.

SPACE SHUTTLE

5/11/2017 Dayton Historic District: The Wright Brothers

from: casarollnotes.blogspot.com

Linda and Tim Bunyan

May 11 Thursday
We are moving onward, departing Kentucky to continue north.  Larry and Karen remain in the horse country.  Karen is a huge fan and wants more of the beautiful area.

Tim and I visited the Dayton Aviation Heritage at the Orville & Wilbur Wright Brother’s Cycle Company bike shop (one bike shop saved, out of four, in town) on South Williams Street in Dayton, Ohio. 

 A National Register Historic District in Dayton, Ohio honoring American aviation pioneers.



INVENTORS - IN A GARAGE: The tools exhibit inside the Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop.  They gained an understanding of balance which helped them to solve the problem of human flight.

1901 design example of Wright Brothers planes.  Every year for four years they would travel to Kitty Hawk where the winds were captivating and few people trod.