US Air Force Museum (Dayton)

The United States Air Force Museum near Dayton, Ohio is the oldest and largest military aviation museum in the world. The Museum uses both chronological and subjective layouts to tell the exciting story of aviation development from the days of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk to the Space Age.



Exhibits include over 200 aircraft and missiles, plus family oriented and historically interesting aeronautical displays.



Over one and a half million visitors from around the world come to Ohio each year to tour this unique free attraction. (Information taken from brochure)



These are from a trip I took last fall. The above pictures were taken outside and features some of the many memorials you will find there.











On this last one I have no idea on how it relates to aviation, I just thought it made for a cool picture.



I could post a hundred pictures and still not cover everything you can see and experience on your visit here. If you have pictures of the Air Force Museum you would like to share send them to me and I will post them as I get them.

Related Links:
National Museum of the US Air Force
Air Force Museum Foundation

King Lear, Dayton

I was chatting with one of the street workers in downtown Dayton about the City Life sculptures when she pointed across the way to this very large statue. She said she thought it was Jesus. Closer inspection and my map confirmed that it was a 25 foot statue of King Lear also by J. Seward Johnson.



The sculptures are on display until August 14. There is even a photo contest in conjunction with the exhibit. Go to Downtown Dayton for more details.

City Life 2009 (Dayton)

City Life 2009 is a Downtown Dayton Sculpture Walk consisting of 16 sculptures by J. Seward Johnson, Jr.



When I came upon the above sculpture titled "My Dog Has Fleas", I first thought it was a real street musician. You can imagine my surprise when I found out different.

Some of the sculptures are American culture icons such as this lovely couple titled "God Bless America".



Some of them were very life like. This woman carry groceries and the man trimming a bush brought curious looks from several people passing by.


"Holding Out"


"Gotcha"

Others were a combination of bronze and realism.


"Things To Do"

After I had stumbled upon a few on my own I found a map to all the sculptures. While I did not get a picture of all them, I still had a fun walk in the city.