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[Indrek[_7_]]

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Thanks for the pictures from Dayton. You did a good job coping with the uneven lighting. It's always a challenge getting decent photos at an aviation museum.

The fourth display hall is due to open soon, so it may be worthwhile revisiting as I have not been to the USAF museum for quite a while.

Cheers,

Indrek Aavisto



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On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 20:46:28 -0500, "Indrek" >
wrote:

> > wrote in message ...
>
>
>Thanks for the pictures from Dayton. You did a good job coping with the uneven lighting. It's always a challenge getting decent photos at an aviation museum.
>
>The fourth display hall is due to open soon, so it may be worthwhile revisiting as I have not been to the USAF museum for quite a while.
>
>Cheers,
>
> Indrek Aavisto

Thanks for your kind words, Indrek. Yes, the lighting does create a
challenge, as does the rather cramped presentation. Another problem I
had was identifying some of the aircraft. I had hoped that I could do
this by buying the "Newly Revised" museum catalogue. This was a
disaster. The F-22 is a case in point. The catalogue only lists their
YF-22 so I had to resort to working out the aircraft's serial number,
not easy with bad/uneven lighting and low visibility paint jobs. Then
comes the task of filling in any missing digits in the serial number.

I did look at the museum's web site but its listing of aircraft seems
far from complete.

The Canadian national aircraft museum provides a plan of the museum
which marks the location of all aircraft on permanent display and
their identification. If the USAFM has something similar, I must have
missed it.

So, a lesson learned - take a photo of the disply's description as
well (as I did in the hangers on the other side of the fiels).

Frank.

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On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 20:46:28 -0500, "Indrek" >
wrote:

> > wrote in message ...
>
>
>Thanks for the pictures from Dayton. You did a good job coping with the uneven lighting. It's always a challenge getting decent photos at an aviation museum.
>
>The fourth display hall is due to open soon, so it may be worthwhile revisiting as I have not been to the USAF museum for quite a while.
>
>Cheers,
>
> Indrek Aavisto

The fourth hall will contain the presidential and research aircraft
currently displayed in the hangers across WP Field from the new
museum.

[PVK[_3_]]

On 18/01/2016 22:16, wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 20:46:28 -0500, "Indrek" >
> wrote:
>
>> > wrote in message ...
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the pictures from Dayton. You did a good job coping with the uneven lighting. It's always a challenge getting decent photos at an aviation museum.
>>
>> The fourth display hall is due to open soon, so it may be worthwhile revisiting as I have not been to the USAF museum for quite a while.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Indrek Aavisto
>
> The fourth hall will contain the presidential and research aircraft
> currently displayed in the hangers across WP Field from the new
> museum.
>

Can someone advise me as to when the new hall will be open ? I'm quite
often in the US, near Pittsburgh, and plan to drive to Dayton for a few
days at some point. I need to see the XB-70 before I expire. ;)

Regards
Paul

[PVK[_3_]]

On 19/01/2016 22:21, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 20:39:26 +0000, PVK > wrote:
>
>> On 18/01/2016 22:16, wrote:
>>> On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 20:46:28 -0500, "Indrek" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> > wrote in message ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the pictures from Dayton. You did a good job coping with the uneven lighting. It's always a challenge getting decent photos at an aviation museum.
>>>>
>>>> The fourth display hall is due to open soon, so it may be worthwhile revisiting as I have not been to the USAF museum for quite a while.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Indrek Aavisto
>>>
>>> The fourth hall will contain the presidential and research aircraft
>>> currently displayed in the hangers across WP Field from the new
>>> museum.
>>>
>>
>> Can someone advise me as to when the new hall will be open ? I'm quite
>> often in the US, near Pittsburgh, and plan to drive to Dayton for a few
>> days at some point. I need to see the XB-70 before I expire. ;)
>>
>
> 8 June 2016
>
> See: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Expansion.aspx
>

Thank you, Charles. I'd heard there was an official opening date, but
some people had cast doubt as to whether the hall would be completed in
time. June 8th would be well in time for my next visit in September.

Regards
Paul