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**jwight** · 02-20-2008, 02:22 PM

Another great museum near Dayton, OH. They also host a Waco fly-in every year; this year it's Sept 19 - 21. More info at:

http://www.wacoairmuseum.org/

SmartBob · 02-20-2008, 03:24 PM

I really enjoy those. A few years ago I was at Pima, in Tucson, AZ. Very cool! http://www.pimaair.org/

Belleveu1 · 02-20-2008, 08:18 PM

If you're ever in the Seattle area, check out the museum at Arlington, WA. Paul Allen - cofounder of Microsoft - has over 30 pristinely restored aircraft. Several are the only examples in existence and they all fly. Very interesting.

CruisingAZ · 02-20-2008, 08:33 PM

McMinnville Oregon has a nice museum which includes the Spruce Goose.

a2jack · 02-21-2008, 03:39 PM

I Went for an airplane ride with my kids, years ago. It was out at the old Orange Co. airport (Cal).

The ride was in a 1936 Cabin Waco Biplane. We flew out over the harbor and I remember it was all leather and chrome inside, and loud like like an old airplane should be.

They had a museum on that field that was owned by Frank Tallman and Paul Mantz, old move pilots. (read "Hollywood Pilots" a great book about the early days of movies and flying.)

Later years Mantz was killed flying that kludged up C-119 while making the movie "Flight Of The Phoenix". Frank Tallman hit a mountain in 1978.

A2Jack