That's awesome Geno! Sounds like it was a blast!
-Joachim
On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Yevgeniy Soroka <ukranians2@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Went on the trip yesterday. Managed to see most of the exhibits (only
spent a minute at some of them) Its a little overwhelming. Thousands of
airplanes. Many amazing airplane engines on display also. They have the
airplane that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki, an SR-71 (my favorite), F-117,
Spirit bomber, and pretty much every other airplane you ever wanted to see.
They also have some space exhibits. It was funny to see the staff trying to
use an ordinary handtruck to lift the gemini space capsule... I wonder how
they did after I left.
The simulator was awesome. You fly a fighter jet and shoot down enemy
aircraft. You control the simulator with the joystick and the simulator
literally rotates 360 degrees. Its programmed such that to get the enemy
planes you have to go upside down, A LOT. It was a little intense at first,
but then you get used to it. I wish I had one of these at home, or like I
been saying a while ago, we should have one at the shop when we get a
bigger shop.
Definitely go on a weekday. Other than a couple of schools and retired
people, the place was empty.
-Geno
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Gene Kern <gene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Good luck getting thru the Nation Museum of the USAF in 5 hours. I only
managed to get thru 2 of the 3 buildings in 4 hours.
Still worth the tour.
Enjoy
Gene
On 3/30/2016 11:21 AM, Yevgeniy Soroka wrote:
Hi, if anyone is interested im renting a car (because I'm not putting
600 miles on my car!), and driving out to Dayton Ohio early monday morning
to visit the air force museum (properly, i.e. I will take my time and drool
at every airplane and jet engine for 30 minutes) and that includes riding
their awesome awesome fighter jet simulators which physically rotate you
360 degrees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzMOaPaq1gc
Also I want to visit our good friends at SynHak makerspace in Akron.
They went to NYC Maker faire with us last year, and I have been wanting to
come check out their space.
It will take 4 hours to get there and 4 hours to come back. I am
planning to be on the road at 8am. Get there by noon, explore the museum
until it closes at 5, and head back to Pittsburgh with a quick stop in
Akron at SynHak.
This will be an all day thing. It will also be on a Monday, because the
museum will be almost empty, and I need a 3 day weekend.
On the off chance that someone is free on Monday and not working, and
interested in joining me, let me know.
It was originally going to be on a weekend, but my family swamps me
with errands on weekends, and the only way to get some vacation time is to
take a day off from work.
Cheers!
-Geno
