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USAF Museum Virtual Tour

Home - by - September 9, 2012 - 22:00 America/New_York - 14 Comments

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Click on the MAP in the upper right hand corner to bring down a visual menu of the different sites within the museum, then click on a dot within that site to view the exhibits from that camera angle and then follow (click on) the arrows.  Then click on-screen to rotate camera view.  Move mouse over plane to identify.

 

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  1. old_oaks

    September 9th, 2012

    I dig it!

    While not as impressive upfront, this is pretty cool too!

    http://www.airventuremuseum.org/virtual/tour.asp

    The feel of flight in your own hands is AMAZING!

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  2. Genl Ripper

    September 9th, 2012

    I’d like to see if P-Cola’s museum has something similar. I’d love to see if they have a PBM Mariner seaplane there.

    Genl Ripper

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  3. Foso de liberales venenosos

    September 9th, 2012

    Awesome! My dad flew a C-47 like L4 in the museum, and he towed gliders like the one hanging next to it. He would love this.

    I’ve seen part of this in a WW2 flight simulator game my son had. Not nearly as detailed though.

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  4. 66chevelle

    September 9th, 2012

    I just added it to my favorites. My son wants to be a pilot, and I have passed on my love of WWII aircraft to him. We go to airshows and museums whenever we can. His grandpa worked on B29′s during the Korean war, so it’s in his blood. He’ll be hitting this link and bugging me to go there by tomorrow night.

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  5. 66chevelle

    September 9th, 2012

    General Ripper, I grew up just south of Chamblee, Ga, and there was a Naval Air station there which had PBY Catalinas, of all things, hundreds of miles from the ocean! It was decommissioned in 1959, the year before I was born, so I never got to see them flying there, but Peachtree-Dekalb Airport, as it was renamed, was home to a Douglas Skyraider, which we got to see flying occasionally. I still alert to B. F. Radial Engines growling overhead.

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  6. Edith McCrotch

    September 9th, 2012

    hey 66…

    I grew up in Tucker..small iOT World.

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  7. jclady

    September 9th, 2012

    hey Edith and 66….

    went to Chamblee High School.

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  8. Boobie the Rocket Dog

    September 10th, 2012

    My girlfriend’s dad ran the airport in Chamblee. (Nothing’s more fun than a prom dress, a rented Cadillac and wet Georgia red clay.)

    If this is the museum at Wright-Pat in Dayton, Ohio, I’ve been there and it is very impressive.

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  9. Tuesday

    September 10th, 2012

    I was just at the SAC museum outside Omaha. It was an awesome place to visit. This is the next best thing though. Very good. Thanks Doc!

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  10. Trixie Bluebell

    September 10th, 2012

    I try to get to that museum whenever I’m in Ohio. One of my very favorite museums ever. You can easily spend hours going through the exhibits. Even if you’re not much of an airplane geek, this is an amazing must see place. The history and the exhibits they have from all of the wars is fascinating. I really like the space exhibit – you get a really clear picture of how much the items we use and consume daily are a direct result of the space program. I’ve also met some really interesting people while touring this museum. Did I mention it’s one of my favorites?

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  11. Edith McCrotch

    September 10th, 2012

    Hey JC !

    Yeah…. family friends went to Chamblee also. Our family went to Clarkston and Shamrock.

    Back in the day….back in the day.

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  12. demonrat dave

    September 10th, 2012

    Crap! I wasted my time visting here last June. Actually it was great fun, especailly the high school like cafeteria. Haven’t had a hamburger that tasted like that for 30 years.

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  13. Maudie N Mandeville

    September 10th, 2012

    Where is the USAF Black Museum wing, the USAF/LGBT wing, the USAF/ADA wing?

    And I didn’t see any mention on the plaques detailing how President Obama was instrumental in all of this history. What gives?

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  14. BC

    September 13th, 2012

    I work for and created this Virtual Tour of the NMUSAF. Thank you for all the compliments … we are continually growing and updating the tour with educational links and lectures … we are also updating the Cold War Gallery to include the declassified NRO satellites and Crew Compartment Trainer from NASA, as well as adding internal Cockpit 360 panoramas.

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