Strategic Air/Space Museum Photodump

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 02/24/2015 at 10:09 • Filed to: planelopnik

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This museum, which is one of the best museums of American combat aircraft in the world (apparently), is located maybe fifteen minutes away from my house. Weird, then, that I haven't been there since I was nine years old. I went back over the weekend, and took some pictures while I was there.

Car because Oppo.

If you have a question I will answer it to the best of my ability, but I am not a plane expert. I was just there for the green Chevy.

McMike > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 10:17

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Fixed.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > McMike 02/24/2015 at 10:18

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Thank you.

spanfucker retire bitch > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 10:24

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Mein Gott.

Jonathan Harper > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 10:26

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Ahhhh planes that are also boats are my FAV!!

Jonathan Harper > spanfucker retire bitch 02/24/2015 at 10:27

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This is in Nevada or something right? I went there with my dad when we drove across the US in his Volvo wagon, back in 2002.

Gamecat235 > Jonathan Harper 02/24/2015 at 10:31

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Omaha. I'm a bit bummed I didn't go when I was there a few weeks back.

Jonathan Harper > Gamecat235 02/24/2015 at 10:32

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Right, right. It was high on 12 year old JBH's list of sights to see. Along with every single fireworks depot between Ohio and California.

Jcarr > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 10:33

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For some reason I never realized how big the Vulcan is. Beautiful bird.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Jcarr 02/24/2015 at 10:34

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It's huge. I actually drove underneath it.

MonkeePuzzle > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 10:34

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holy cow! there are a LOT of big planes jammed into that space!

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > MonkeePuzzle 02/24/2015 at 10:38

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Yup. Unfortunately with planes like the B-52, it takes up so much hanger that it has to be surrounded by other planes, which makes getting a good picture nearly impossible.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 10:38

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Such planelopnik. Many technology. So aerospace. Wow. It seems to be turning into a banner day for planelopnik - I just put up a post, Kat Callahan put up a post, and I don't think we've even had the usual from ttyymmnn yet.

T5Killer > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 10:40

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Wait there is a B-1, SR-71, F-111 Vulcan, B-36 and B-58 all in one place! My god I need to go there and check this out. Its a 13 hour drive but worth it!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 10:42

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Also, I love the Hustler, and the Stratojet, and the Mitchell H, and... basically everything here. The -36 and parasite fighter are particularly impressive.

McMike > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 10:46

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BRIAN, YOU GET DOWN FROM THAT THIS INSTANT!

FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > Jonathan Harper 02/24/2015 at 10:48

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A Jimmy Buffett plane!

McPherson > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 10:52

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Holy crapola, this place looks great. Have to add it to my bucket list. Thanks.

DoYouEvenShift > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 10:52

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McDonnell XF85 Goblin

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell…

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 02/24/2015 at 10:53

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http://www.buffettworld.com/incidents/jama…

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > T5Killer 02/24/2015 at 10:55

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The B-1 is currently undergoing restoration. Again. Not sure why the Vulcan is outside.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > DoYouEvenShift 02/24/2015 at 10:57

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One of two, if I'm not mistaken.

DoYouEvenShift > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 10:59

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Correct, I think only 2 were made.

Confused Miata > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 11:20

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I used to go there all the time. Were they restoring anything in the hanger by the food court?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Confused Miata 02/24/2015 at 11:25

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This T-29 and a C-54 Skymaster with the wing visible on the left.

i-regret-everything-too > spanfucker retire bitch 02/24/2015 at 11:59

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Wow, the last time I saw her, she had just arrived and was still on the other side of the fence on the Offut tarmac. They really set up a place of honor.

ttyymmnn > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 16:04

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That's a remarkable collection. *added to list of places to go*

mcseanerson > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 17:36

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I'll need to add this to my list of places I need to visit. I'm lucky enough to live within an hours drive of the airforce museum in Dayton, Ohio which I have lived that far from it for the last ten years but have still yet to go there. On the other hand my dad lives near the naval aviation museum in Pensacola, FL and I've been there several times.

polarbexer > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 17:48

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Glad to see they have made the SAC museum fantastic. These are from when I was a kid back in the mid 80's. My Father was an air traffic controller stationed at Offutt AFB and I went to that museum when it was on the base all the time. I crawled up into the B52 all the way back to the tail gunners spot.

I remember when the RAF returned to England and they left the Vulcan. And the U2 was donated after a mishap after an airshow, if I remember correctly.

I like the old B29 name better though.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > polarbexer 02/24/2015 at 18:33

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Neat pictures! The museum has since moved to Ashland.

user314 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 19:11

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That is a very odd color scheme.

Rileym28 > user314 02/24/2015 at 21:26

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Did they finish restoring the B-29? The last time I was there, it was under restoration. I also got sick after riding the simulator a few times.

user314 > Rileym28 02/24/2015 at 21:35

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A quick Googling says yes, about two years ago.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > user314 02/24/2015 at 21:37

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Restoration or something. Not actual paint color.

user314 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/24/2015 at 22:31

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Ah, that makes sense. B-1s now are in all over Gunship Gray (booooooring!), though at least the old Strategic scheme mixed it up with Euro 1 and olive drab.

Rileym28 > user314 02/24/2015 at 23:37

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Okay, then I need to go back soon.

SukhoiRomantic > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/25/2015 at 02:11

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I lost my shit when I saw that B-45

grom-commando > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 04/03/2015 at 06:07

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Do you have any pictures of the tail flash or tail number? My dad flew these during the late 70's and early 80's. And I've seen several planes that he actually flew, was wondering if this might be another one.

grom-commando > grom-commando 04/03/2015 at 06:13

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Nevermind, I went to the museum website and they gave the history of the airframe and it was retired in 1970, 3 years before my dad began UPT.

J-DUB > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 05/27/2015 at 16:18

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The Goblin? Insane “Parasite Fighter”. Rumor has it the men who flew this airplane required wheel-barrows to carry their huge balls around.