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Originally Posted by SSBUSDRVR
B-58 is number one here on favorite list listed followed by the F104 Starfighter and F4 Phantom as far as Turbine Fighter and Bombers go.
Have you been out to Dayton to see the XB70? If it's still there and the B36?
Been many a year here.
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Originally Posted by SSBUSDRVR
Lots of Aviation/Space History in the Area besides the Wright Patterson and the Wright Bros if time permits make a stop in the town of Wapakoneta,OH outside Dayton. Birthplace of the late great Neil Armstrong.
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That was supposed to be the destination of my second airplane ride. We were to fly from Lansing Capitol City Airport down to Dayton in Cherokee N15126, the same plane I took my first (surprise) ride in. I was about 12 or 13 at the time, and I was so exited leading up the day we went to the airport. It was also the first time I experienced a VFR flight cancelled due to weather at the destination airport....:(
But my dad came through at a later date, and drove the family on an overnight trip to Dayton. On the way we stopped at the Armstrong Museum. I loved the AF museum. The XB-70 is one of my favorites too, as well as the B-58, and the B-36. The Fifties were great for planes, because there were so many ideas and manufacturers pushing the technology forward, fueled by lots of post war boom funding.
I still have fading Kodak X-15 photos in my album, from that trip. I need to get a good scanner, before it's too late. I even have a pic I took of my Father with his favorite plane, the P-47. Someday I hope to post some of my album here. I'm hopeful that some of them are declassified now....
