Monday, December 10, 2007

United States Air Force Museum Visit

First let me give you an idea of the kind of weather I am forced to survive here:


This weekend I visited the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio. Dayton is the city of many scientists. Wright brothers, Neil Armstrong are the most famous among them. I hope the following pictures will give you a virtual visit to the museum:




Rotary Engine of an aircraft:


A Nazi bomber used in WW II:


An aircrft engine:


Camera used to photograph the target from the aircraft:


Three directional bullet firing by the pilot:


Some Nazi weapons:


909 Bomber:


The Wright Brothers:


Entering a giant bomber:


Cockpit:


Surrounded by deadly bombs inside a bomber:


The Dream Girl:


Engineering complexity:


Nuclear Bomb:


A Rocket Engine:


Apollo 15:


Standing between giant rockets:


Space food:


Commander Doggy:


These are some of the pictures to give you a glimpse of the museum. All the arcrafts, missiles, rockets are reals and not the models (except commander doggy).
After visiting this museum I got the realization that I am not eligible to call myself an engineer coz the work I do is several light years behind the kind of engineering involved in these things.

5 comments:

Suzie said...

The museum is an engineering marvel. It does remind me about what I had studied in college but sadly I am not a part of it anymore.

Sushil said...

Yes Suzie, one really gets the FEEL of engineering when we see those awesome machines.

Priya Iyer said...

:) wunnerful pics!

Sushil said...

Priya,
It feels soooo different when you go to the cockpit of those bombers. Words can't describe the feeling.

Anonymous said...

Good for people to know.