National Muesem of the US Air Force

We had some time to kill between Isaac's games on Saturday so we went to the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, OH. What a place. Three huge hangers packed full. We crashed through in about an hour, but you could easily spend a couple of days in that place.

The museum starts out with the historical planes, every thing from the Wright Brother's style to the WWII prop fighters to the first jet powered planes. Here are this kids with one the them.

This is an F22 Raptor the current big mussel fighter. Pretty stinkin' cool. A B-2 Bomber. W O W. This this is soooo wide, it has a Blackbird parked behind it and the B-2 is wider than the Blackbird is long. Plus, it was so smooth, no joints, rivet marks, etc. it almost looks fake.
There is a space and missile section. This is Lexy looking at on of the space modules.
This is such a cool story. I wish that I had more time to type up a big story about this guy. Col Kittinger rode a 200 foot diameter helium balloon (that was only filled to 20% volume at the earth's surface but was full when he jumped) up to and elevation of about 102,000 feet (like 20miles) and jumped. JUMPED. The highest ever skydive. He reached speeds of 714 MPH and temps as low as -94. So, cool. This is just one to the things the amazing guy did.

Lexy and a BIG Bomb.

If you get the chance to visit Dayton, plan an extra day for the National Museum of the US Air Force. Don't crash it in one hour like we did, you'll want much more.