On Friday we visited the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson. It was interesting, but a little disappointing that you aren't allowed to go in any of the planes. At Wright-Patterson AFB Museum in Ohio, there were some planes you could go inside, including Eisenhower's Air Force One plane.
The entrance to the museum.
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Also at the entrance.
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Sweet plane!
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This flag was the first one ashore on Utah Beach on D-Day:
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Apollo Command Module.
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Mars Polar Lander.
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Tucson Ring Meteorite.
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This plane is at the "Boneyard",
which is part of Davis-Monthan
AFB in Tucson. There are acres
of scrapped planes there. You
may remember seeing scenes
of it in the movie "ConAir".
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