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Off to the Museum

One of the funny things about fake internet friends is that they very quickly become real life meatspace friends. That’s a point that was driven home last week when I learned of the death of a long time blog buddy. And so, today the opportunity presents itself to spend a few hours with some friends…

One of the funny things about fake internet friends is that they very quickly become real life meatspace friends. That’s a point that was driven home last week when I learned of the death of a long time blog buddy.

And so, today the opportunity presents itself to spend a few hours with some friends people I’ve known for years on another blog, and have met before, but only rarely get the chance to visit in person.

And so, after a tour of volunteer work at the Palm Springs Air Museum yesterday training as a docent, today, I get to go back and play tourist with my buddies.

On the downside, that’s less time to generate quality content for you, dear reader. On the plus side,  if you want pictures of any particular planes in the collection there, just let me know, and I’ll do my best to accommodate you.

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  1. SFC Dunlap 173d RVN

    Man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do. C-119 if available

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  2. Marc

    Skyhawk and Tigercat if possible please.

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  3. Xbradtc

    They don’t have a Skyhawk, and I didn’t grab any pics of the Tigercat. I have some older ones somewhere, so I’ll try to dig those out.

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  4. ultimaratioregis

    Yer lazy, shiftless co-bloggers will try to take up the slack.

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  5. dhmosquito

    Anyone ever in the Black Hills area, check out the South Dakota Air & Space Museum. It’s exit 67B off I-90 at the entrance to Ellsworth AFB, E of Rapid City. And it’s free. Chances are good you’ll get a bonus takeoff of a B-1B during your visit. Eisenhower’s B-25J(VB) personal transport, used in 1944 in Europe, is on display at the museum. I’m a docent there on summer Fridays. (Also, further E, at exit 131, is the newly-built visitor center of the MINUTEMAN Missile Nat’l Historic Site, where one can sign up to tour Delta-01 LCC or just swing by the preserved Delta-09 silo.) cheers, chuck

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  6. Xbradtc

    About 15 years ago, I had the chance to stop by Ellsworth AFB, but I was pressed for time, and couldn’t hit the museum. But I at least got to see a couple of B-1s take off.

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