Open Cockpit Night at the USAF Museum

[+Dave 2,322]

The USAF Museum a couple times a year does an open cockpit night. The place was packed and the twins were getting tired so I didnt get to see the SR-71. But I did get some good pics of some other stuff.

 

Here is the ones I took of the A-7D.

 

F-86A

 

North Korean Mig-15

 

Mig-21F-13

 

OV-10A

 

Ok this final pic, sorry for the quality, is in the space and missile section of the museum. I was showing Sheila and my twins the Minuteman III system I used to work on early in my career. Sheila looks down and says, "Hey Dave, isn't that you?" Sure enough it was. That pic was taken for Airman Magazine when I was at FE Warren AFB. Not Grand Forks, like the picture says. I remember the shoot well because the photographer had me remove my glasses because he was afraid of lens glare. But who can forget that nose. Well I showed one of the staff and he agreed it was me and they are going to correct the photo. Talk about cool.

[serverandenforcer 33]

That is uber cool bro! Being on a photo in a museum... hey wait, don't museum's of history supposed to be displaying stuff that's really, really old? Just teasing bro! Seriously though, that is flat out cool! I would be honored if there was a picture of me in a museum... especially a USAF museum.

[smokey799 1]

That was great Dave!

[+Hans Topp 116]

Really great, very nice photos.

[Slartibartfast 153]

I always wondered why the Soviets painted the cockpits of their Jet's Green...

 

But some great photo's...

[DWCAce 19]

Very nice, thanks for sharing! What are some of the other cockpits?

[Nesher 628]

very cool stuff!

funny to catch yourself in a photo in a musuem taken many years ago :)

 

 

[Atreides 144]

Cool stuff Dave. Thanks for sharing.

[xclusiv8 35]

Great pics dave. To bad you missed the SR-71

[+Dave 2,322]

Very nice, thanks for sharing! What are some of the other cockpits?

 

They had the SR-71 open, the A-10, the A-37, F-22 (which had cardboard cutouts of MFD showing and not the actual thing). I didnt make to the WWII stuff so I am not sure what they had opened. The place was packed and some lines were a hour wait to see the pit.

[Rambler 1-1 9]

Love that OV-10 pit! I could spend days in there!

[JediMaster 451]

I always wondered why the Soviets painted the cockpits of their Jet's Green...

 

But some great photo's...

 

So when the pilots puke they don't have to clean it up?

 

Something their psychiatrists claimed about it having a calming effect on the pilot or some such tripe. It just makes me FEEL green.

[Silverbolt 104]

damn, i'm so jealous...dude we will never have a museum like this here in Brazil :(

i need to book my vacations jus to see this museum