This event came from the Cincinnatti Bridge Event which has been cancelled.

WHAT: Photo session at Wright-Patterson AFB - take your picture with a B-52 or other classic military aircraft!

WHEN: Sunday, April 22nd at 2:00PM at the US Air National Museum at Wright Patt AUXILIARY PARKING LOT. Matt and Kara (ImagoX and Kamofrogg) will be leaving Columbus at around 11:00-11:30 or so, so we can hook up with some of the Dayton club for lunch (location TBD). If you're interested in caravanning, please let me know here or via PM and we'll arrange a place to meet. We'll be hooking up with members of the Indy club at the base at 2:00-2:30.

HOW TO GET THERE:

The entrance to the National Museum of the United States Air Force is on Springfield Pike at historic Wright Field (Gate 28B), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, six miles northeast of Dayton, Ohio. The museum's mailing address is 1100 Spaatz Street, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433.

From the east:
Visitors traveling from the east on I-70 should exit at I-675 (exit 44A). Travel to exit 15 (Col. Glenn Hwy), and as you exit, stay in the right-hand lane. At the end of the exit, turn right at the traffic light (Col. Glenn Highway). Travel to the third traffic light (Harshman Road/Wright Brothers Parkway) and turn right. Exit at Springfield Pike; turn right at the end of the exit ramp. The entrance to the museum is on the right.

For additinal directions, see: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/visit/directions.asp


Here's a map that should get you the rest of the way:



WHAT TO BRING:

You
Your lovely MINI
Camera
Food/gas money

See you on Sunday!

 

That's a possibility.

 

Oh crap...if I wasn't going to be headless, I'd be there...always wanted to see the Museum again...

 

Headless as in zero compression or no tunes? If it's no tunes tough it out & go. Zero compression, you ain't going no where.

 

Headless as in a Jesus head transplant surgery...

 

You don't mean like in that move where Rosie Greer's head is on that other guys shoulder? ICK!!!

 

 

Does anyone want to caravan it? We can meet at my place or out on Hilliard-Rome road off 70 or something if so.

 

Still figuring things out. I'll talk with you in the morning at Tim's.

 

MINIs and the Air Force Museum, it doesn't get much cooler than that.

One could spend days in that place...

Please post pics after the event.

 

Actually, it's two pancakes on its head.

 

Sorry, I never got to talk with you at Tim's about this. Too many distractions. MINI's, coffee & muffins....I've decided that I have to much yard work to do. Not to mention the brake job I have to do on my son's Forester. Have fun, looking forward to seeing some pictures.

 

OK, Chuck - have fun with those brakes!

 

It won't be fun, but by doing them today I save having to put rotors on. They are that close.

 

I go by the AF Museum every month on my way to the Ohio Mini Owners meeting. I'll go by it in a week, too, right before I leave for the Dragon.

The museum is a fantastic place, but there is NO WAY it can be appreciated in just a few hours...just wayyyyyyyyyyy too much to see. Every time some of my wife's family comes to visit, we go there and they are amazed.

That said, while I'd love going today, I just cannot do it. Call it "shopping all day yesterday with wifey" aftershock, if you wanna, but MY excuse today [to my wife, at least] is that my yard is screaming for a "haircut and a trim" and it's supposed to rain tomorrow.

 

Thanks All,

I had a fun time today!!!

 

Great to have you there, man! LOVE your stripes!

 

Nice meeting you Matt,

My car is a little bit more bug splattered at the moment than in the picture above..

 

Hehe... mine too.

I took a boatload of photos out there but didn't have the chance to edit them and upload them into my Photobucket... I'll do that tonight. I got a shot of your car that, if it turned out as good as it looked in the viewfinder, you might like. I'll let you know.

 

Here are the photos from Sunday - sorry in advance if the two panoramics break the page formatting.





























And here's my favorite of the day... I call it Red, White and Bright...

 

Great pics, Matt! Glad you all had fun AND nice weather, too! It IS a great venue to visit, huh?

 

It is. We only got to tour a fraction of the hanger space though - I'll have to go back some other day.

 

It's actually too big to be seen all at once in one day. Well, you CAN do it, but you'll be acting like "fast forward", with hardly a pause to really observe what's flitting by. I've been there numerous times, and just when I feel I have seen it all, something new pops out at me, or I become aware of something I overlooked at some other time.

 

Nice work Matt....