US Air Force Museum website, amazing!

[Big E 118]

Not a regular on this forum but came across this website that I think is pretty amazing, hope it's of interest!

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-pkg.htm...

[The Game]

Fantastic site

[LotusOmega375D]

Amazing. Saves making a long trip!

But if I was going to visit, I wouldn't want to see this. It would spoil the surprise element for me.

[Big E 118]

That XB-70 Valkyrie in the R&D sector looks amazing, I'm guessing they never made it into production?

[chazola]

I wanna go! Why did they have to put it in bloody Ohio, miles from anything else interesting...

[JuniorD]

The USAF museum really is worth the trip, certainly if you are ever in the Mid-West. I've been there a few times. It's a great road trip. Directly north on the I-75 is Wapakoneta, the town where Neill Armstrong was from, and there's a nice wee museum there too.

[Eric Mc]

Big E 118 said:

That XB-70 Valkyrie in the R&D sector looks amazing, I'm guessing they never made it into production?

No - production was cancelled before the prototype even flew. However, it was decided to build the two prototypes as research aircraft. One was lost in a mid air collision in 1966. The other flew on until 1969 when it was retired to the museum.

[Mave]

Fantastic place, more interesting for me in some ways than the Smithsonian. The R&D hanger is a great place to see all the ideas that were being thrown around post WW2, and get a sense of evolution eventually channelling down what we now think are more conventional channels....