National Museum of the United States Air Force – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base – Part I

Museum Price: FREE!Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Travel Time from Lexington, Ky: 3 hours
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The museum is roughly 3 hours from Lexington, KY. It is easily found from the interstate (follow the signs). I would recommend picking up a brochure from any rest stop on the way. The directions on the [...]

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National Museum of the United States Air Force – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base – Part 2

Day 1:
IMAX: Magic of Flight:
Our tour of the museum started with the IMAX Theater and the showing of “Magic of Flight”. I’ve always loved IMAX movies and this one does not disappoint. They had several movies to choose from (at the time of our visit they were playing “Magic of Flight”, “Deep Sea”, [...]

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