May 27, 2012 Sunday
We discovered a little known gem of a museum at Wright Patterson AFB, the Presidential Hanger and Research & Development Hanger thanks to a fellow camper. The Presidential Hanger houses past U.S. Presidents' aircrafts--Air Force One. You could walk through about five of the planes and see how they were adapted to the various Presidents. If you have a military or retired DOD civilian ID card, you can drive directly on base to this museum. If not, it is on a first come, first served basis by signing up for one of the four daily tours at the main Air Force Museum.
The research planes were very interesting as were the stories behind each one. You could get up right close to each plane---no crowds like in the larger museum.
From the Museum, we headed on to Indiana and stayed the night at Caboose Lake Campground just off the highway. Nothing to recommend, but they did have electricity and water...
We discovered a little known gem of a museum at Wright Patterson AFB, the Presidential Hanger and Research & Development Hanger thanks to a fellow camper. The Presidential Hanger houses past U.S. Presidents' aircrafts--Air Force One. You could walk through about five of the planes and see how they were adapted to the various Presidents. If you have a military or retired DOD civilian ID card, you can drive directly on base to this museum. If not, it is on a first come, first served basis by signing up for one of the four daily tours at the main Air Force Museum. 
The research planes were very interesting as were the stories behind each one. You could get up right close to each plane---no crowds like in the larger museum.
From the Museum, we headed on to Indiana and stayed the night at Caboose Lake Campground just off the highway. Nothing to recommend, but they did have electricity and water...
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