While in Dayton yesterday we visited the National Museum of the Air Force. My dad wanted to go there. He served in the Navy. I figured it would be a solid visit to see some decent planes. It was so much better than that.

This place was very, very cool. When you walk in there’s two big warehouses filled with planes and exhibits and a cafe and a gift shop. On one side they have the early days of planes. This was cool, but also kind of terrifying to see. I mean, the geniuses behind the invention were also a little crazy. I mean, they were trying to take these very archaic things into the air to see how far they could fly them. My dad showed me how they used to turn, with what were essentially foot pedals. That’s wild. Seeing the wheels being the only support for landing, that’s nuts. Looking at some of the models of old planes, my dad pointed out that some of them looked like old bathtubs. I wouldn’t put that past them. It looked like they used whatever they had on hand. Props to them for being that brave though.

The other end of the museum was dedicated to war planes and Air Force One. This spot was very immersive. You could walk on these planes. We got to see the inside of a good amount of them. We got a nice inside look at the difference soldiers and the government has on their planes. This was my dad’s forte too. He was explaining all this stuff to us she I loved it. I don’t know much about all this because I never really looked into it. He knows it all and was more than willing to fill us in. There was some neat Berlin Wall stuff we got to see. They had actual pieces of the wall there. There were some VR things my son jumped in on. He loved it. Even the gift shop was cool. The outside had some big planes we saw as we walked back to the car.

I didn’t know what to expect going to this museum. Coming out of it, I really enjoyed my time there. We spent close to three hours checking everything out. It was pretty cool to see and learn about this stuff. All this coming from a person who’s not that into planes. I recommend this spot for sure if you’re ever in Dayton. It’s free and incredible.

Ty

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