X planes

At the museum there was also a special tour of a hangar that conatained many of the X planes that NASA and the Air Force used from the 40's onwards. Hightlights were the plane Neil Armstrong (X-15) tested and Chuck Yeager's X-1.

And you could go right up to them! Even more interesting were the number of planes that were the only 1 left after the others crashed ! There were two vertical takeoff planes - a Harrier (British built - hurrah!) and a delta wing type that was strapped to a vertical launcher plate.

An early stealth SR-71 was there along with the test vehicle that was little more than the engine, cowling, and casing.

US air force museum, Cincinatti

Is quite a museum! Three giant halls with oodles of planes, including a stealth B-2, stealth F-117 fighter, and Apollo 15 command module.

Strangely the museum freely intermingles Nazi and Japanese empires items amongst the allied equipment, I'm not sure but at home I think that'd be a no-no.

The only brief truly discordant note was the holocaust exhibition. In itself it's a really good thing to pull out and have it's own space and show kids and adults alike what happened and why it must never be repeated; but, and it's a big but, you entered through a toy sized replica of the Auschwitz gate "Arbeit Macht Frei". I found it so objectionable that I walked around it. The display was good, and informative, but for me it was tainted by what felt like a gimmick.

Well, we enjoyed it whilst it lasted !!!!

There was a storm in the night and rain this morning; but now we're back to blue sky and FFFF heat

And then have to do

About 3 million others things - just to get a different incoming email to work!!!!

Grrrrrr