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F-22 Raptor (edit late night potato spelling)
F/A-117 Nighthawk
A-10 Warthog (brrrrrrt)
B-1B Lancer (but I know her well enough to call her Bone - edit to show familiarity)
X/B-70 Valkyrie (the back end)
X/B-70 Valkyrie (front end)
X-29 (X-Wing)
MIRVs (multiple independent re-entry vehicles) from an ICBM
ICBMs (these cause messes)
I don’t remember rocket thing
F-4 Phantom
Friendly hydrogen bomb
P-51 Mustang
Messerschmitt 262A
RQ-4 Globalhawk (global chicken)
Don’t remember but someone will tell me (edit - It’s a B-17G...didn’t see placard when posting)
Little German fighter (edit so that I look like less of an ass) - Achtung! Spitfire! Yes, fought Germans.
The Strawberry Bitch
Orange thing
A training incident
(Edit) There were so many more that I just couldn’t post (pics didn’t turn out or they were panoramic and wouldn’t post). Therapy dog tax at the Dayton Airport (Sunshine). If you’re ever in the area this museum is really worth about four hours of your time. (Another edit: I made another post with some of panoramic shots and others that I forgot: https://imgur.com/gallery/7IjUL)
ImGooder
I live in Cleveland and never heard of this. I gotta check it out.
EitherImRightOrYoureWrong
pro tip: take a pic of the placard beside the unfamiliar things so you have the name when you upload.
sperk2Wrecker
I love Ohio. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Metro parks, Lake Erie. Great lakes = oceans without all the crap that can eat or sting you.
historycat
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, West Side Market, Cedar Point, Put-in-Bay, Cleveland Indians, Cavs, ...
NalesSurewood
I love this place! I also feel like I have most of the same pictures lol
cathyH1818
Grew up 3 miles from the museum! I agree..it's awesome!
zinussan50
Most of old jet & plane become art canvas drew by pilot or crew which hardly to find nowadays. Is it pop culture or currently not allowed?
SynLovely
This is about 45 mins. from us, we have enjoyed visiting there a few times
HolyCringeLordBatman
I can't quite explain what it is, but I have a serious love affair with the F-22
bennythered
No explanation needed. It’s totally awesome
thecrito2718
The state of presidents cmon.
Intelletc
Ummmm cedar point?!
42ineffable
Work at WP and lifer in Dayton. This has always been an amazing FREE attraction. Four huge hangars of history as well as outside eye candy
emmalilly
Went to college in Yellow Springs! Much love for Dayton area in our house!
42ineffable
Almost forgot. Missile silo and a cool IMAX theatre as well.
ranbn8
4 hours? Two days if you don’t read all the history and stories on the walls, 3 to 4 days if you read everything.
ThighHighsSaveLives
I saw the a-10 warhog and immediately looked to the description, internally thinking....there better be a brrrrrrrrt there.
FourthCause
Rock and roll Hall of Fame is in Ohio.
emmalilly
Cleveland, about 3.5 to 4 hours away
Redballoonsatan
“Re-entry vehicle” is such a nice term for nuclear fucking warhead.
tomyironmane
The Reentry vehicle comprises a small thermonuclear device, a reentry and neutron reflection shield usually made of depleted uranium...
tomyironmane
And the necessary fusing and guidance hardware. It's not a "Nuclear Fucking Warhead" ... it's a self contained engine of Armageddon.
FaultyMidgetEscalator
Dayton is my home! The museum is awesome!
Teebry222
Did you find the old decepticon?
bennythered
Yeah, but technically he is at the air and space annex south of Dulles
Broman113
"Orange Thing " is it a P-63?
vipermx138
Yes. It was used as target practice for ceramic .50 cal rounds.
CrazyforRAMU
Rocket Thing is an SM-62 Snark nuclear cruise missile. The wikipedia page has snaps of the same Dayton example:
CrazyforRAMU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-62_Snark
Lunar2469
Wow, a lot has changed since I was last there. Nice to see they got new stuff. Really great museum.
KnucleheadFlow
A fourth hangar opened last year housing all the experimental planes that used to be on the base.
tomyironmane
Hey, @OP, you didn't even see the presidential plane annex, or the blackbird, or the YF-12, or post pics of the gondola...
tomyironmane
... the one Felix Baumgartener just recently beat... or hell, Bock's Car.
bennythered
No, i totally did, but those pics were all panoramic and wouldn’t post well
tomyironmane
The MIRV bus is off a Peacekeeper... each of those Depleted Uranium clad warheads was accurate enough to be dropped right on a silo hatch.
tomyironmane
We actually cancelled the program during the 1980s as part of one of the SALT treaties. I got to see that thing when it was being restored.
tomyironmane
The ballistic missiles used to be outside, until the Atlas (which requires a compressor to keep it pressurized) sprung a leak and collapsed.
its401inthemorningandimonimgur
What's there to do in other states that you can't do in Ohio?
mrpoopybhole
Large cities, mountains, oceans, deserts, canyons, rainforests, swamps, open space that isn't agriculture, literally so many things haha
Gray808
Climb a mountain.
its401inthemorningandimonimgur
Maybe not a mountain but there's plenty of rock climbing in Hocking Hills and other places around Ohio
Gray808
The main reason I don't live in Indiana anymore: Mountains. They have them here, nothing close there.
rdswords
I want to live in that hangar
inverseCosinePadawanmeme
I bet you could manage if you tried hard enough. All of those planes are a giant cavity waiting to be explored.
FightinGobbler
That place is awesome! and also mega haunted
bennythered
Dude, there are four giant hangers!
rdswords
Good, then I can live in one and also have three vacation homes.
husaber
Tony Packo's Chili, Ceder Point, Kings Island. A few other things to visit in Ohio
Racefacexc
Kings island? Are you joking? I wouldn't go there if I lived next door
DeliciousMeatPie
Why not? Just curious. I’ve lived near by it and love going. I’ve even worked there.
GilderoyPopDropNLockart
I’ve went several years for Rock on the Range in Columbus that’s fun as shit
SleepIsDeathPractice
Don't forget TWO pro football teams
LosPer
R&R Hall Of Fame, Hocking Hills...
nolittleplans
Rest and recreation? Like a air plan hangar full of lawn chairs
Putthatthingbackwhereitcamefromorsohelpmee
Mansfield Reformatory, Columbus Zoo.
bennythered
I will accept Ceder Point
husaber
Kings Island is pretty badass too.
Halodragonborn
The zoo has been named one of the best in the country
sirkickass77
Ceder point is like a second home for me during the fall. I work there during "halloweekends"
LosPer
If you're a roller coaster fan, yup.
rach3468
And Fiona the hippo!
Dorsk84
That F-4 is Gen. Robin Olds plane. His other 2 kill where in my dad's F-4. I have pictures for proof.
phantomgallery
neat
vipermx138
Fucking love Robin Olds. Dude is my hero. I met his daughter and she was awesome.
TheSphereLord
You read his book? It's pretty damn good.
vipermx138
Well, it was written by his daughter after they’d gathered all his accounts. And yes I have. So many times. It’s one of the best out there.
Dorsk84
Yea my dad's even mentioned in it.
vipermx138
What’s his name if you don’t mind me asking? Was he on the Bolo MiG Sweep?
Dorsk84
Yes he was. I'll PM some info.
nissansilviafan
#16 is a B-17G Flying Fortress
UrsaUrsa
What a sexy bird :)
TheSphereLord
The others I know (In order of appearance): P400 or P39, P63, P40E, Dauntless(?), P-26
Dorsk84
G model. Chin turret is a dead give away.
mongoose40
The ol' Memphis Bell.
soylentgreen17
Same plane, but that's not the Belle
911brad
The Memphis Bell, an older B-17F, is almost done being restored at the museum. When it’s done it’ll be put on display (May 2018).
911brad
The airplane shown above, Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby, a B-17G, is supposed to be given back to the Smithsonian Museum.
ZetaRayBill
The thing I am most disappointed in is how poorly Memphis treated that plane when they had it. Disgraceful.
GolFoehammer
Wright-Patt in dayton, Hocking Hills, south of lancaster, Cedar point, Sandusky, Kings Island, Cinci, and I've lived here all my life.
Ewoknutsack
Sorry you live in Ohio
GolFoehammer
eh, it has its moments of adequacy
TrundleTheGr8
Reasonable housing. Rock and roll hall of fame, Columbus, Ohio state games, pro football hall of fame, cosi, lake Erie.
TrundleTheGr8
Where the fuck does op live? Somewhere more shitty, Indiana?
scb123
I appreciate the mention of cinci. It really is a great place
GhostsofRazgriz
There are dozens of us on here!
definitelyarealdoctor
Plus we have great football teams... ok nevermind
TheBrochacho
Ohio state
foxtale11
Adding Columbus zoo as well
IRatetits
COSI too, if you're already in Columbus
RevelryInTheDark
+1 for Cinci.
bearbearbearbearbearbearbear
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ionizdgrunt
Ohio is really nice in my opinion. Much f'ing better than shithole Utah.
ZAPZAPMOTHAFUCKA
It's....it's Utah...... Other than Mormons what do they have?..... Desert? Who the fuck likes sand?....
heatWaveHC
After moving to West Virginia from Ohio, there’s certainly worse places to live...
MahonriMoriancumer
#sorry
bennythered
Have accepted Ceder Point
taco1910
Going to be getting a hyper loop too
WayfindingGuy
Isn't Cedar Point a few hours north of there?
GolFoehammer
From Dayton it's about 80 miles give or take.
DeliciousMeatPie
Yup! But there’s a closer amusement park called Kings Island that I enjoy more than Cedar Point. They’re owned by the same people.
TheFatCatSpeaks
Hocking Hills area is fucking beautiful... except for all the fat parents and annoying toddlers.
GolFoehammer
The only thing that ruined it for me is the boardwalk they installed at either ash cave or cedar falls (can't remember which) 1/?
GolFoehammer
It destroyed the natural beauty of the area, which really made me sad.
Racefacexc
Sandusky is a Craphole and Cincinnati smells like the dirty river it's on.
WayfindingGuy
What's with the smell in Cincy? Honest question.
AnimistPrime
Do we smell?
WayfindingGuy
Every time I've been there, the city smells like sewer gas. Cool town, though.
munchys225
Only when it rains.