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 * [|Austin Peay] || Ohio Valley || 15 || South || 24 || 10 ||
 * [|Baylor] || Big 12 || 11 || West || 21 || 10 ||
 * [|Belmont] || Atlantic Sun || 15 || West || 25 || 8 ||
 * [|Boise St.] || Western Athletic || 14 || East || 25 || 8 ||
 * [|Brigham Young] || Mountain West || 8 || West || 27 || 7 ||
 * [|Butler] || Horizon || 7 || East || 29 || 3 ||
 * [|Clemson] || ACC || 5 || Midwest || 24 || 9 ||
 * [|Connecticut] || Big East || 4 || West || 24 || 8 ||
 * [|Coppin State] || MEAC || 16 || East || 16 || 19 ||
 * [|Cornell] || Ivy || 14 || South || 22 || 5 ||
 * [|CS Fullerton] || Big West || 14 || Midwest || 24 || 8 ||
 * [|Davidson] || Southern || 10 || Midwest || 26 || 6 ||
 * [|Drake] || Missouri Valley || 5 || West || 28 || 4 ||
 * [|Duke] || ACC || 2 || West || 27 || 5 ||
 * [|George Mason] || Colonial Athletic || 12 || East || 23 || 10 ||
 * [|Georgetown] || Big East || 2 || Midwest || 27 || 5 ||
 * [|Georgia] || SEC || 14 || West || 17 || 16 ||
 * [|Gonzaga] || West Coast || 7 || Midwest || 25 || 7 ||
 * [|Indiana] || Big Ten || 8 || East || 25 || 7 ||
 * [|Kansas] || Big 12 || 1 || Midwest || 31 || 3 ||
 * [|Kansas St.] || Big 12 || 11 || Midwest || 20 || 11 ||
 * [|Kent St.] || Mid-American || 9 || Midwest || 28 || 6 ||
 * [|Kentucky] || SEC || 11 || South || 18 || 12 ||
 * [|Louisville] || Big East || 3 || East || 24 || 8 ||
 * [|Marquette] || Big East || 6 || South || 24 || 9 ||
 * [|Mt. St. Mary's] || Northeast || 16 || East || 18 || 14 ||
 * [|Memphis] || Conference USA || 1 || South || 33 || 1 ||
 * [|Miami (Fla.)] || ACC || 7 || South || 22 || 10 ||
 * [|Michigan State] || Big Ten || 5 || South || 25 || 8 ||
 * [|Mississippi St.] || SEC || 8 || South || 22 || 10 ||
 * [|Mississippi Valley St.] || SWAC || 16 || West || 17 || 15 ||
 * [|North Carolina] || ACC || 1 || East || 32 || 2 ||
 * [|Notre Dame] || Big East || 5 || East || 24 || 7 ||
 * [|Oklahoma] || Big 12 || 6 || East || 22 || 11 ||
 * [|Oral Roberts] || Summit League || 13 || South || 24 || 8 ||
 * [|Oregon] || Pac 10 || 9 || South || 18 || 13 ||
 * [|Pittsburgh] || Big East || 4 || South || 26 || 9 ||
 * [|Portland St.] || Big Sky || 16 || Midwest || 23 || 9 ||
 * [|Purdue] || Big Ten || 6 || West || 24 || 8 ||
 * [|Saint Joseph's] || Atlantic 10 || 11 || East || 21 || 12 ||
 * [|San Diego] || West Coast || 13 || West || 21 || 13 ||
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 * [|Southern California] || Pac 10 || 6 || Midwest || 21 || 11 ||
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 * [|Temple] || Atlantic 10 || 12 || South || 21 || 12 ||
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Oh my god, I have to take a road trip to Los Angeles to see my march madness school (UCLA).It was my moms idea to go all the way to LA instead of Ann Arbor or Lansing and it was also my moms "brilliant" idea to take a car because it was to expensive to fly.My first thing to do to cheer me up was make a whole bunch of things to annoy my brother in the car and the second thing was to cover Ben's fingers with nail polish (while he was sleeping) and cover his sheets with glue.When he woke up he worked tirelessly to get the nail polish off- which was funny because are mom hadn't woken up and he had sheets stuck to his body- and when our mom finally got up she showed him the nail polish remover but spent a while getting off the super glued sheets.Back to the things that I made,spoon catapult,rubber and robotic snake,etc. were the items that were used before the trip.Okay,we are now leaving to our first roadside attraction\stop that we are making while still driving.We are now driving by U of M campus and are adding a small addition to the litter on campus and by a small addition I mean big addition-Take That Kurt! We next stopped to see the skyline of Toledo and stopped at a party store to pick up some cool stuff.Perfect chance for my immaturity to catch up with Ben's innocence.I then took an innocent looking turtle (since my brothers obsessed with them) and filled it with 4th of July fireworks and a little bit of stored stinkbug juice and other smelly things I had gotten hold of over summer,and put some sort of a remote control thing on it that would make it go boom.We moved on to the haunted Mansfield prison where we got a tour guide to take us there at a cheap price at night with me and Ben.Yeah I wanted to scare the crud out of myself and more so my brother but at the same time I didn't (want to scare myself).I think you know what I mean.Any ways some pretty creepy stuff happened like temperature changes of up to 30 degrees,weird smells and sounds,plus a voice when no one was there.I scared the crud out of my mom with the rubber snake and fake voices as well as the robotic snake.I scared everyone,even the guide when I shouted and touched every ones back.So when we got back outside I obviously scared my brother with the turtle and he had to take like six showers to get it out. We then stopped at Columbus to see some museum and the skyline as well as the Ohio capital building from which I dropped skittles on to the heads of street walkers.Our next big stop was the Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton where we saw lots of planes and I scared my brother a few times by leaving,hiding in the planes,showing him how to stay upside down in a flight simulator (three words fun fun and fun).So we saw a whole bunch of cool planes but my favorite part was where I dominated in the video games (flight simulator)and seeing movies in the omnimax theater.We also stopped at a huge McDonald's where I pulled off the fast food switcheroo in which my brother got a mouthful of ketchup and my mom said that she would add another week to my chores and grounding of which we were leaving Ohio and I already had 5 weeks of the stuff and now its 6. We are now stopping at Indianapolis Indiana to see the Colts stadium and now we've collected some valuable Colts stuff most from Super Bowl XLI-colts stuff+eBay=$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$-.My brother is enjoying this stop,not for long.Remember the exploding turtle? What I didn't tell you is that I actually made three of them and I will use one right..... about...... now.KABOOOOOMNNNNNN CHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.Was that pleasant? Its my impression (bad) of firecrackers and fireworks.And that's what it sounds like.It makes my mom sware and sends chills down peoples backs.Now I am going to the car and we are going to go to our next stop.Five long hours and we're only passing St. Louis.Five more hours we're passing Tulsa and in an hour Oklahoma City (possible new home of the Seattle Sonics).Okay 11 hours in the car and we're stopping in Oklahoma City to rest up and buy books to read (or games for DS').ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.I hate to get up I hate to get up I hate get up in the morning.That song line is so true but not for today me and Ben each get a hundred dollars to spend on things but since our next big stop is white sands we have to get something on that.(2 hours later)Score! I just got a lot of stuff and I'm ready for a long 6 hours in the car. White Sands,New Mexico.Home of some of the most destructive and secretive things on earth and the birthplace of the atomic bomb.I'm doing the games,simulators,theaters and checking out the death weapons.Once more my brother was kind of sick of the big stops but I thought this was cool,I mean with all this cool stuff and we got an official I've been hunted t-shirt (apparently we were spied on by one of their unmanned aircraft called the global hawk).I also learned some cool stuff about the military and the area of white sands.We got to watch one of the futureweapons episodes being filmed too,so it was pretty fun and the place was big.Dudududu its been 6 hours and now we're coming intoLos Vegas to participate in the mini grand prix.Which I will obviously be cheap and ruin other kids carts.But still it will be fun.(2 hours later) Jay,Jay,Jay,Jay wuhu gold medal and $300 richer.My brother took the Bronze with $100 because in the last couple seconds I threw the third turtle (filled with gaseous material)into the silver winners cart which brought him back to third then rammed my brother he lost speed I took the lead and thecouphing kid got ahead of my brother by an inch. Finally we are at UCLA after 3 days of trip we're finally here.Only to find that campus is closed and we missed everything the parade other stuff by 1 day.Guess what happened the day we got home?"Jay chores now!".So after 3 hours of work I got a thirty minute break.Went on theInternet only to find that there had been all of the stuff was going on but someone scammed us by faking everything plus we had to pay that dude $100 for tours! Now form our trip to D.C... These upcoming things are stops on my trip to my college on my story.

This is some info on the stop at Mansfield on my trip. (copied from wikipedia) =Ohio State Reformatory=

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: [|navigation], [|search] Ohio State Reformatory, circa 2005. The **Ohio State Reformatory** (OSR), (also known as the Mansfield Reformatory), is a historic prison located in [|Mansfield, Ohio], [|USA]. hide] * [|1] [|History] 
 * ==Contents==
 * [|2] [|Restoration and tours]
 * [|3] [|Movies and television]
 * [|4] [|References]
 * [|5] [|External links] ||

[[|edit]] History
The facility was built between 1886 and 1910. The original architect for the design was [|Levi T Scofield] from [|Cleveland][|[1]], although the creation and construction of the entire building was entrusted to [|F F Schnitzer], whose name also appears on the cornerstone, and is recorded as Superintendent in documents found in the cornerstone.[|[2]] Schnitzer was presented with a silver double inkwell by the governor of the state in a lavish ceremony to thank him for his services. Although the architecture is often described as Germanic castle architecture, it is actually mostly [|Romanesque] Revival. The Reformatory remained in full operation until 1972 once the [|Southern Ohio Correctional Facility] was opened. The facility was completely closed down in 1990. Part of the grounds and support buildings however, including the outer wall have been demolished since the closing. In 1995, the "Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society" was formed. They have turned the prison into a museum and conduct tours to help fund grounds rehabilitation projects and currently work to stabilize the buildings against further deterioration.[|[3]] The facility still holds the largest free standing cell block in the world at six tiers high. From 1935 until 1959 Arthur Lewis Glattke was the Superintendent. Initially a political appointment following Glattke's work on the Martin Davey campaign, by all accounts Glattke was respected by professionals and inmates alike. He implemented many reforms such as piped in radio music in the cell blocks. Glattke's wife, Helen Bauer Glattke, died of pneumonia three days following an accident in November 1950 where a handgun discharged when she was reaching into a jewelry box in the family's quarters. Glattke died following a heart attack suffered in his office on [|February 10], [|1959]. OSR is supposedly [|haunted] with several [|paranormal] "hotspots" such as the two chapels, the area around the warden's office, the infirmary and solitary confinement. Over 200 people died at the OSR, including a few guards who were killed during escape attempts. 

[[|edit]] Restoration and tours
The Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society is currently working to restore the facility to its original state. Restorations to date include the removal of debris, replacement of roofing, complete restoration of the Warden's quarters, as well as the complete restoration of the central guard room between the East and West Cell Blocks. The restorations are being funded through donations and tour fees. Tours are given Tuesday through Friday at 2pm, as well as in the afternoons on Sundays starting at 1:00pm and running every 15 minutes. The last tour is at 3:45pm. Tours are only available in the summer, starting around Memorial Day. For an unguided tour, adult guests (anyone over 21) can take part in ghost hunts in the summer for a $50 fee. Guests will be given free-range of the castle armed with only flashlights for the hours between 7:30pm and 6am. Guests can leave at anytime, but may not re-enter. These dates in the summer sell out very quickly. Today the location serves as a hot spot for haunted house go-ers offering the "Haunted Prison Experience" during the month of October. Tickets go for $15 and gates open at 7:00 pm. 

[[|edit]] Movies and television
The facility gained fame when it served as Shawshank State Prison in the 1994 movie //[|The Shawshank Redemption]// starring [|Tim Robbins] and [|Morgan Freeman]. The facility has also been used in many other productions (even while it still held inmates), such as
 * //[|Harry and Walter Go to New York]//, 1976 - Harry and Walter spend some time behind bars at the penitentiary.
 * //[|Tango & Cash]//, 1989 - The facility is used for various prison scenes.
 * //[|Air Force One]//, 1997 - The prison was used for scenes of a Russian prison for General Ivan Radek.
 * [|Godsmack] "[|Awake]" music video 2000.
 * [|Marilyn Manson] promotional photography, 1996 - [|Marilyn Manson] grew up in [|Canton, Ohio].
 * Ohio State Reformatory has been the subject of numerous [|paranormal] investigation shows, including the [|Fox Family Channel]'s //[|Scariest Stories on Earth]//, and //[|Scariest Places On Earth]//.
 * The [|Travel Channel] did a tourism documentary on the OSR.
 * In 2005, [|The Atlantic Paranormal Society] (TAPS) investigated the facility for the [|SciFi Channel]'s TV series, //[|Ghost Hunters]//.
 * In 2004 [|Lil Wayne] featured this prison in his video for the song [|Go DJ]
 * In August 2007, [|Midnight Syndicate] co-founder Edward Douglas, filmed scenes at OSR for the horror-suspense film, "The Dead Matter", which is to be released in the Fall of 2008[|[4]]. Filming took place in the prisons chapel, as well as action scenes shot on the outside of OSR[|[5]]

[[|edit]] References

 * 1) **[|^]** The Ohio State Reformatory. [|forgottenoh.com]. Retrieved on [|2007]-[|04-29].
 * 2) **[|^]** [|Ohio Intermediate Penitentiary items on Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook]
 * 3) **[|^]** Ohio State Reformatory. [|graveaddiction.com]. Retrieved on [|2007]-[|04-29].
 * 4) **[|^]** The Dead Matter (2008). [|IMDb.com]. Retrieved on [|2007]-[|08-22].
 * 5) **[|^]** Horror film crew shoots at former local prison. Lou Whitmire. [|mansfieldnewsjournal.com]. Retrieved on [|2007]-[|08-22].

[[|edit]] External links

 * [|Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society official website]
 * [|Rebecca (Shott) Muller]
 * [|Grave Addiction - Ohio State Reformatory]
 * [|Ohio Exploration Society - Ohio State Reformatory]
 * [|Haunted X Enterprise]
 * [|The Haunted Investigators]

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_Reformatory"[|Categories]: [|Defunct prisons] | [|Prisons in Ohio] | [|Mansfield, Ohio] | [|Richland County, Ohio] | [|Prison museums] | [|Museums in Ohio] | [|Registered Historic Places in Ohio] This is some info on my stop at the national museum of the united states air force. (copied from wikipedia) =National Museum of the United States Air Force=
 * Ohio State Reformatory is at coordinates [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Erioll_world.svg/18px-Erioll_world.svg.png]] [|40°46′56″N 82°30′12″W] [|﻿ /] [|40.78234, -82.50326﻿ (Ohio State Reformatory)] [|Coordinates]: [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Erioll_world.svg/18px-Erioll_world.svg.png]] [|40°46′56″N 82°30′12″W] [|﻿ /] [|40.78234, -82.50326﻿ (Ohio State Reformatory)]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: [|navigation], [|search] Please [|improve this article] if you can. //(December 2007)// || [|Coordinates]: [|39°46′55″N 84°06′32″W] [|﻿ /] [|39.781976, -84.108892] The **National Museum of the United States Air Force** (formerly the **United States Air Force Museum**) is the official [|National Museum] of the [|United States Air Force] and is located at [|Wright-Patterson Air Force Base], near [|Dayton, Ohio]. The NMUSAF is the world's largest and oldest military aviation museum.[|[1]] More than 400 [|aircraft] and [|missiles] are on display, most of them indoors. Admission is free. hide] * [|1] [|History] 
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Broom_icon.svg/40px-Broom_icon.svg.png width="40" height="40" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Broom_icon.svg"]] || **This article may require [|cleanup] to meet Wikipedia's [|quality standards].**
 * = ** National Museum of the United States Air Force ** [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.png/100px-National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.png width="100" height="99" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.png"]] ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Nmusafaerial.jpg/250px-Nmusafaerial.jpg width="250" height="164" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nmusafaerial.jpg"]] ||
 * ~ Established || 1923 ||
 * ~ Location || [|Wright-Patterson Air Force Base], [|Ohio] ||
 * ~ Type || [|Aviation museum] ||
 * ~ Director || [|Maj. Gen. Charles D. Metcalf, USAF (retired)] ||
 * ~ Curator || Terry Aitken ||
 * ~ Public transit access || [|Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority] ||
 * ~ Website || [|www.nationalmuseum.af.mil] ||
 * ==Contents==
 * [|2] [|Exhibits and Collections]
 * [|2.1] [|Presidential Aircraft]
 * [|2.2] [|Pioneers of Flight]
 * [|2.3] [|Uniforms & clothing]
 * [|2.4] [|Other exhibits and attractions]
 * [|3] [|Partial List of Collection]
 * [|3.1] [|Building an Air Arm (1907-1917)]
 * [|3.2] [|World War I]
 * [|3.3] [|Inter-War Years]
 * [|3.4] [|World War II]
 * [|3.5] [|Korean War]
 * [|3.6] [|Vietnam War]
 * [|3.7] [|Cold War]
 * [|3.8] [|Post Cold War]
 * [|3.9] [|Presidential Aircraft]
 * [|3.10] [|Research and Development Aircraft]
 * [|4] [|References]
 * [|5] [|External links] ||

[[|edit]] History
The museum dates back to 1923 when the Engineering Division at [|Dayton's] [|McCook Field] first collected technical artifacts for preservation. In 1927 it moved to then-[|Wright Field] and was housed in a succession of buildings. In 1954 as the Air Force Museum it was housed in its first permanent facility, Building 89 of the former Patterson Field in [|Fairborn], which had been an engine overhaul hangar, and many of its aircraft were parked outside and exposed to the weather. It remained there until 1971 when the current facility was first opened. Not including its annex on Wright Field proper, the museum has more than tripled in square footage since its inception in 1971.[|[2]] 

[[|edit]] Exhibits and Collections
The museum's collection contains many rare aircraft of historical or technological importance as well as various memorabilia and artifacts relating to the history and development of aviation. Included in the permanent collections are one of four surviving [|Convair B-36s], the only surviving [|XB-70 Valkyrie], and //[|Bockscar]//—the [|B-29 Superfortress] that dropped an [|atomic bomb] on [|Nagasaki] during [|World War II]. 

[[|edit]] Presidential Aircraft
The museum has several [|Presidential aircraft], including those used by [|Franklin D. Roosevelt], [|Harry Truman], and [|Dwight D. Eisenhower]. The centerpiece of the Presidential aircraft collection is [|SAM 26000], the first aircraft to be called //Air Force One//, a modified [|Boeing 707] used by Presidents [|John F. Kennedy] through [|Richard Nixon] during his first term, after which served as the backup Presidential aircraft. That aircraft was most used by [|Lyndon B. Johnson], who was sworn in as president aboard it. 

[[|edit]] Pioneers of Flight
There is a large section of the museum dedicated to pioneers of flight, especially the [|Wright Brothers], who conducted some of their experiments at nearby [|Huffman Prairie]. A replica of the Wright's [|1909] Military Flyer is on display, as well as other Wright Brothers artifacts. The building also hosts the [|National Aviation Hall of Fame], which includes several educational exhibits. 

[[|edit]] Uniforms & clothing
Museum entrance The museum has a large inventory of [|USAAF] and Air Force clothing and uniforms in its collection. At any time over fifty WWII vintage [|A-2 leather flying jackets] are on display, many of which belonged to famous figures in Air Force history. Others are beautifully painted to depict the airplanes and missions flown by their former owners. Included in the museum's displays are the jacket worn by Gen. [|Jimmy Stewart], P-38 ace Maj. Richard I. Bong's B-3 [|sheepskin] [|B-3 jacket] and boots, an A-2 jacket worn by one of the few USAAF pilots to leave the ground during the [|attack on Pearl Harbor], and President [|Ronald Reagan]'s [|peacoat]. 

[[|edit]] Other exhibits and attractions
The museum completed the construction of a third hangar and hall of missiles in [|2004]. It now houses [|Cold War]-era planes such as the [|B-2 Spirit] stealth bomber (test aircraft), the [|F-117 Nighthawk] stealth fighter and others. Fundraising has begun for a fourth hangar to house the museum's space collection, presidential planes and an enlarged educational outreach area, making all more accessible to the public. The museum has an [|IMAX] theatre that mainly features aviation and space oriented IMAX films. There is a charge for these films. The museum owns other aircraft that are on loan to other aerospace museums in the United States. Most of these loaned aircraft duplicate aircraft that are exhibited by the museum. The museum's staff has very high standards for the quality of care/restoration of loaned assets, and has, in the past revoked these loans when it was deemed that these other museums did not have the resources to properly care for an artifact. This happened in the case of the famous B-17, //[|Memphis Belle]//. 

[[|edit]] Partial List of Collection
All aircraft in this list were designed/built in the [|United States of America], unless otherwise indicated.  === [[|edit]] Building an Air Arm ([|1907]-[|1917]) === 
 * [|Wright Brothers] [|1901] [|wind tunnel]
 * Wright [|1909] Military Flyer
 * [|Curtiss] [|1911] Model D
 * Wright Brothers [|1911] Wind Tunnel
 * [|Bleriot] [|Monoplane] ([|France])

[[|edit]] [|World War I]
Caquot Type R Observation Balloon during the First World War. 
 * [|SPAD VII] ([|France] - used by U.S. [|Lafayette Escadrille])
 * [|Curtiss JN-4D] "Jenny" (trainer)
 * Standard J-1 (trainer)
 * Thomas-Morse S4C Scout (trainer)
 * [|Avro 504K] (trainer)
 * [|Nieuport] N.28C-1
 * [|Sopwith] F-1 [|Camel] ([|Great Britain], used by [|United States Army Air Service])
 * [|Fokker Dr.I] ([|Germany])
 * [|Caquot] Type R Observation Dirigeable (France - used by [|United States Army])
 * Halberstadt CL IV (Germany)
 * [|SPAD XIII] (France)
 * [|Fokker D.VII] (Germany)
 * [|Kettering] Bug Aerial Torpedo (U.S - First [|cruise missile])
 * [|Caproni Ca.36] ([|Italy])

[[|edit]] Inter-War Years
[|Martin YB-10] on display at the museum 
 * [|De Havilland] [|DH-4] (U.S. built from a British design)
 * [|Martin] MB-2 (First U.S. designed bomber)
 * Consolidated PT-1 "Trusty" (trainer)
 * [|Boeing P-12]E
 * [|Curtiss P-6]E
 * [|Boeing P-26A Peashooter]
 * [|Martin B-10]
 * [|Douglas O-38]F
 * [|Douglas O-46]A - currently in storage
 * [|North American O-47]B
 * [|Curtiss O-52] Owl
 * [|North American BT-9]B (trainer)
 * [|Stearman PT-13D] Kaydet (trainer)
 * [|Fairchild PT-19] Cornell (trainer)

[[|edit]] [|World War II]
Museum display depicting a [|B-25B Mitchell] in preparation for the [|Doolittle Raid]//[|Bockscar]// and a replica of //[|Fat Man]// on display at the museum 
 * [|Bell P-39Q Airacobra]
 * [|Bell P-63E Kingcobra]
 * [|B-17F Flying Fortress //Memphis Belle//] - currently undergoing restoration in preparation for display
 * [|Boeing] [|B-17G Flying Fortress] //[|Shoo Shoo Baby]// - current in discussion to trade with NASM B-17D "Ole Betsy"
 * [|Boeing B-29 Superfortress] //[|Bockscar]// - Aircraft used in [|atomic bombing] on [|Nagasaki]
 * [|Consolidated B-24D Liberator] [|//42-72843//] - **[|Strawberry Bitch]**
 * [|Consolidated OA-10 Catalina]
 * [|Curtiss P-36A Hawk]
 * [|Curtiss Hawk 87A-3 (P-40E)] [|AK987] - ([|Flying Tigers] markings)
 * [|Curtiss C-46D Commando]
 * [|Curtiss AT-9 Jeep]
 * [|Douglas] [|C-39] - currently in storage
 * [|Douglas] [|C-47D Skytrain]
 * [|Douglas B-18 Bolo]
 * [|Douglas B-23A Dragon] - currently in storage
 * [|Douglas A-24B Banshee]
 * [|Douglas A-20G Havoc]
 * [|Fisher P-75A Eagle]
 * [|Lockheed] [|P-38L Lightning]
 * [|Martin B-26G Marauder]
 * [|Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman] (Canada)
 * [|North American A-36A Apache]
 * [|North American P-51D Mustang]
 * [|North American] [|F-10D Mitchell] [|//43-3374//] - (Painted as B-25B - Doolittle Raider's diorama)
 * [|Northrop] [|P-61C Black Widow]
 * [|Republic] [|P-47D Thunderbolt] - Razorback as well as Bubble-top versions
 * [|Seversky P-35]
 * [|Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly]
 * [|Taylorcraft] [|L-2M Grasshopper]
 * [|Ryan] [|PT-22 Recruit] (trainer)
 * [|Vultee] [|BT-13 Valiant] (bombing trainer)
 * [|Bristol Beaufighter Mk Ic] ([|Great Britain])
 * [|De Havilland] [|DH 82A Tiger Moth] (Great Britain)
 * [|De Havilland DH 98 Mosquito Mk 35] (Great Britain)
 * [|Hawker Hurricane Mk IIa] (Great Britain)
 * [|Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vc] (Great Britain)
 * [|Supermarine Spitfire Mk PRXI] (Great Britain)
 * [|Kawanishi N1K-J] //Shiden-Kai// "George-21" (Japan) - currently undergoing restoration
 * [|Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zeke"] ([|Japan])
 * Yokosuka //[|Ohka]// Trainer (Japan)
 * [|Fieseler] [|Fi 156C-1 //Storch//] (Germany)
 * [|Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9] (Germany)
 * [|Junkers Ju-88D-1] (Germany)
 * [|Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6] [|610824] ([|Germany])
 * [|Messerschmitt Me 163B //Komet//] (Germany)
 * [|Messerschmitt Me 262A //Schwalbe//] (Germany)
 * [|Fiesler Fi 103 (V-1)] (Germany)
 * [|V-2] with Meilerwagen (Germany)
 * [|Macchi] [|MC.200 Saetta] ([|Italy])

[[|edit]] [|Korean War]
[|C-124 Globemaster II] at the museum 
 * North American [|F-82B Twin Mustang]
 * Lockheed [|F-80C Shooting Star] (First operational U.S. jet fighter)
 * North American [|F-86A Sabre]
 * [|Mikoyan-Gurevich] [|MiG-15bis 'Fagot'] ([|USSR] - this aircraft was landed in Seoul by [|No Kum-Sok], a [|Korean People's Air Force] defector and later test flown by [|Chuck Yeager] in Japan)
 * Lockheed [|F-94A Starfire]
 * Republic [|F-84E Thunderjet]
 * North American [|T-6 Mosquito] ([|forward air control] version of T-6 Texan trainer)
 * North American [|B-45C Tornado]
 * Douglas [|C-124C Globemaster II]
 * [|Sikorsky] [|YH-5A]
 * Sikorsky [|UH-19B Chickasaw]
 * Douglas [|A-26C Invader]
 * Fairchild [|C-82 Packet]
 * Fairchild [|C-119 Flying Boxcar]

[[|edit]] [|Vietnam War]
//Hanoi Taxi// (Lockheed [|C-141 Starlifter]) flying over the museum in December 2005 
 * North American [|F-100F Super Sabre]
 * Douglas [|A-1E Skyraider]
 * [|Cessna] [|YA-37A Dragonfly]
 * Martin [|EB-57B Canberra] (U.S. manufactured version of [|British] design)
 * Northrop [|YF-5A Skoshi Tiger]
 * Cessna [|O-1G Bird Dog] ([|forward air control])
 * Cessna [|O-2 ASkymaster] (forward air control)
 * North American [|OV-10A Bronco]
 * [|Kaman] [|HH-43B Huskie]
 * Sikorsky [|CH-3E]
 * [|Bell] [|UH-1P Iroquois]
 * De Havilland Canada [|C-7 Caribou]
 * [|Fairchild] [|C-123K Provider] "Patches"
 * Douglas [|RB-66B Destroyer]
 * Lockheed [|EC-121D Warning Star]
 * [|Mikoyan-Gurevich] [|MiG-17 'Fresco'] ([|USSR])
 * Mikoyan-Gurevich [|MiG-21PF 'Fishbed'] (USSR) (a second MiG-21 is in storage)
 * McDonnell [|RF-101 Voodoo]
 * Republic [|F-105D Thunderchief] (besides the fighter version, there is also a [|Wild Weasel] F-105G version on display)
 * [|McDonnell Douglas] [|F-4C Phantom II]
 * [|Boeing B-52D Stratofortress]
 * [|Ling-Temco-Vought] [|A-7D Corsair II]
 * [|General Dynamics] [|F-111A Aardvark]
 * Lockheed [|C-141 Starlifter] //[|Hanoi Taxi]//

[[|edit]] [|Cold War]
[|B-36 Peacemaker] and [|F-94 Starfire] 
 * [|Convair] [|B-36J "Peacemaker"]
 * Boeing [|WB-50D Superfortress] ([|weather reconnaissance] variant)
 * [|Piasecki] [|CH-21B Workhorse]
 * [|De Havilland Canada] [|U-6A Beaver]
 * Boeing [|KC-97L Stratotanker] ([|aerial refueling] tanker)
 * Republic [|F-84F Thunderstreak]
 * Northrop [|F-89 Scorpion]
 * Lockheed [|F-104C Starfighter]
 * Convair [|B-58 Hustler]
 * Boeing [|RB-47H] ([|reconnaissance] variant)
 * [|Lockheed] [|U-2A]
 * McDonnell [|F-101 Voodoo]
 * Mikoyan-Gurevich [|MiG-19S 'Farmer'] (USSR)
 * Sukhoi [|Su-22M-4] "Fitter" (USSR) - currently in storage
 * Douglas [|C-133 Cargomaster]
 * Convair [|F-102A Delta Dagger]
 * Convair [|F-106A Delta Dart]
 * Lockheed [|SR-71A Blackbird]
 * Mikoyan-Gurevich [|MiG-23 Flogger] (USSR) - two currently in storage
 * Dassault [|Mystere IV A] (France) - currently in storage
 * [|Avro Canada] [|CF-100 Canuck] (Canada)

[[|edit]] Post Cold War

 * Lockheed [|F-117A Nighthawk]
 * Lockheed [|AC-130A Spectre] "Azrael"
 * [|Fairchild Republic] [|A-10A Thunderbolt II]
 * [|Panavia] [|Tornado] ([|Europe])
 * [|Rockwell] [|B-1B Lancer]
 * Northrop [|B-2A Spirit] (static test mock-up)
 * Lockheed-Boeing-General Dynamics [|F-22A Raptor]
 * [|General Atomics] [|RQ-1A Predator]
 * Mikoyan-Gurevich [|Mikoyan MiG-29] "Fulcrum" (USSR)

[[|edit]] Presidential Aircraft
VC-137C - SAM 26000 arriving at the Museum 
 * Douglas [|VC-54C //Sacred Cow//]
 * Used by [|Franklin Delano Roosevelt] and first 27 months of [|Harry Truman]'s administration
 * The [|National Security Act of 1947], creating the United States Air Force, was signed aboard this aircraft [|[1]]
 * Douglas [|VC-118 //Independence//]
 * used by Harry Truman
 * Lockheed [|VC-121E //Columbine III//]
 * Used by [|Dwight D. Eisenhower]
 * Bell [|UH-13J Sioux]
 * Used by Dwight D. Eisenhower and [|John F. Kennedy]
 * [|Boeing] VC-137C - SAM 26000 ([|Boeing 707] - first aircraft called [|Air Force One])
 * Used by John F. Kennedy, [|Lyndon Johnson], and [|Richard Nixon] during his first term.
 * [|Beech] VC-6A //Lady Bird Special// ([|King Air] B90)
 * Used by Lyndon Johnson for frequent trips from [|Austin, Texas] to [|LBJ Ranch]
 * [|Aero Commander] [|U-4B] (military version of L-26 Aero Commander)
 * Used by Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1956 to 1960 for short trips
 * North American [|T-39A Sabreliner]
 * Used to transport Lyndon Johnson after leaving office
 * Lockheed [|VC-140B JetStar]
 * Used by Richard Nixon, [|Gerald Ford], [|Jimmy Carter] and [|Ronald Reagan] for trips requiring a smaller aircraft

[[|edit]] Research and Development Aircraft

 * Bell [|P-59B Airacomet]
 * [|Boeing EC-135 Stratolifter (modified) ARIA //Bird of Prey//]
 * Fisher [|P-75A Eagle] - currently undergoing restoration
 * [|Convair] [|XP-81] - two currently in storage
 * Republic [|XF-91 Thunderceptor]
 * Convair [|XF-92A]
 * [|Convair XC-99] - currently undergoing restoration
 * McDonnell [|XF-85 Goblin]
 * McDonnell [|XF-90] - currently in storage
 * Republic YRF-84F [|FICON] ([|prototype] of [|F-84])
 * Republic [|XF-84H] ([|turboprop] version of [|F-84])
 * North American [|F-107A]
 * Lockheed [|YF-12A]
 * Northrop [|YF-23 Black Widow II] - currently in storage
 * Boeing [|X-32 Joint Strike Fighter] - currently in storage
 * North American [|XB-70 Valkyrie]
 * [|LTV] [|XC-142A] ([|Tiltwing] research)
 * American Helicopters XH-26 Jet Jeep
 * Bell [|XV-3]
 * Lockheed NT-33A
 * [|Piper] [|PA-48 Enforcer]
 * Northrop [|Tacit Blue] (Whale) (stealth low observable demonstrator)
 * [|McDonnell Douglas] [|YF-4E] - currently in storage
 * [|McDonnell Douglas] [|F-15 Streak Eagle] (time-to-climb record holder) - currently in storage
 * [|Bell] [|X-1B]
 * Douglas [|X-3 Stiletto]
 * Northrop [|X-4 Bantam]
 * Bell [|X-5]
 * Lockheed [|X-7A]
 * North American [|X-10]
 * Ryan [|X-13 Vertijet]
 * North American [|X-15] ([|Hypersonic] record holder)
 * Curtiss-Wright [|X-19] - currently in storage
 * Grumman [|X-29A]
 * NASA/Boeing [|X-36]
 * Boeing [|X-45] Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
 * [|Boeing Bird of Prey]

[[|edit]] References

 * 1) **[|^]** [|Wright-Patterson Air Force Base - Museum]
 * 2) **[|^]** Air Force Museum Foundation

[[|edit]] External links
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This is some info on my stop at white sands. (copied from wikipedia) =White Sands Missile Range=

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Jump to: [|navigation], [|search] hide] * [|1] [|Description] 
 * White Sands Missile Range** (WSMR), formerly known as the **White Sands Proving Grounds**, is a [|rocket range] in [|New Mexico] operated by the [|United States Army]. The range covers an area of almost 3,200 mi² (8 287 km²), approximately three times the size of Rhode Island, making it the largest military installation in the United States. The range is located in [|Doña Ana County, New Mexico] and [|Otero County, New Mexico]. It is mostly within the [|Tularosa Basin] (a valley between the [|Organ Mountains], [|San Andres Mountains] and the [|Sacramento Mountains]) but it also includes the northern reaches of the [|Jornada del Muerto]. WSMR is located on [|U.S. 70] between [|Alamogordo] and [|Las Cruces]; the highway is sometimes closed for safety reasons while tests are conducted on the missile range.
 * ==Contents==
 * [|2] [|Missile and atomic testing]
 * [|3] [|Leadership]
 * [|4] [|NASA use]
 * [|5] [|Air Force use]
 * [|6] [|Espionage]
 * [|7] [|Simtel archive]
 * [|8] [|References]
 * [|9] [|External links] ||

[[|edit]] Description
Soldiers in nearby [|White Sands National Monument] The Range gets its name from the white sands that are spread over many miles in the area. These sands are composed of [|gypsum] crystals, which have leached out of the surrounding [|mountains]. A distinctive [|ecology] survives in this [|desert]. Adjacent to the Range, but not part of its active perimeter, is the [|White Sands National Monument]. The swath of white sands extends from WSMR, through White Sands National Monument, and into nearby [|Holloman Air Force Base]. This large expanse of bright sand is clearly visible from earth orbit, especially since the area is rarely clouded over. WSMR and its surrounding areas are home to many species of animals, including [|mule deer] and even a few exotic animal species, such as the [|oryx], which have been introduced into the vast high desert environment over the years. As one might expect from the topography and climate, the missile range is also home to many species of small game, including the [|jackrabbit] and [|coyote]. The site is also featured in some works of fiction. The story of the last annexation of territory by the base was the background for the [|Edward Abbey] novel, //[|Fire on the Mountain]//. The range's desert setting was used during the filming of the 2007 film //[|Transformers]// as a substitute for the Middle-Eastern nation of [|Qatar]. 

[[|edit]] Missile and atomic testing
The Range was formally established on 9 July 1945. On [|July 16], [|1945] the world's first test of an [|atomic weapon] was conducted at what is now called [|Trinity site], within what was then the boundaries of the range, and part of the [|Jornada del Muerto]. [|V-2 rockets] captured in [|Germany] at the end of [|World War II] were taken to WSMR for [|reverse engineering] by the [|Hermes project], and as part of [|Operation Paperclip] many V-2 rocket scientists were brought as well. In spring 1945, [|JPL] employees test-fired the first [|Private F] missile at White Sands Proving Grounds.[|[1]] The [|Ordnance Corps] of the [|United States Army], through its "ORDCIT" project in conjunction with [|GALCIT], established the range, effective [|9 July] [|1945], for testing the [|MGM-5 Corporal] missile.[|[2]] Today, seventy miles to the south, the [|US Army Air Defense Center], in [|Fort Bliss, Texas] and WSMR form a contiguous swath of territory devoted to the art. Fort Bliss has an outdoor museum display of [|rocket-propelled missiles]. The [|German] connection lives on as well, in [|El Paso Deutsche Schule], and [|Alamogordo Deutsche Schule], established to teach the German children of the soldiers who would later return to Germany after their tours of duty in [|New Mexico] and [|Texas]. 

[[|edit]] Leadership
At Change of Command ceremonies on [|November 30], [|2005], a civilian, Tom Berard, was named director of WSMR upon the retirement of Brig. Gen. Robert J. Reese from the Army, after 35 years of service. Brig. Gen. Michael J. Combest, Commander of the U.S. Army Developmental Test Command emphasized that Tom Berard is in charge of WSMR.[|[3]] There have been 6 general officers in command at WSMR since 1994; Reese's tenure has been the longest, at 28 months, during that period. Berard had been the highest-ranking civilian at the Range. Officials at the Department of the Army have said that as soon as the Army can get enough generals to staff all the command positions, the Army will appoint a general officer to lead WSMR. The appointment is expected to take at least six months and could take longer. 

[[|edit]] NASA use
[|Space Shuttle //Columbia//] lands at Northup Strip with two [|T-38 Talon] [|planes] following. [|NASA] established the [|White Sands Test Facility] on the range in 1963.[|[4]] From 1963 to 1966 [|NASA] launched [|Little Joe II] boosters from Launch Complex 36 at White Sands to conduct [|launch escape system] tests for the [|Apollo program]. More recently, the NASA [|Space Shuttle program] has used a landing area there known as //[|White Sands Space Harbor]//.[|[5]] It is located about 45 miles north of WSMR headquarters. 

[[|edit]] Air Force use
The Directed Energy Directorate of the [|Air Force Research Laboratory] operates facilities at [|North Oscura Peak] on White Sands Missile Range.[|[6]] 

[[|edit]] Espionage
There have been a number of [|spies] at White Sands over the years, and not all of them were caught. For example, the true identity of the post-[|World War II] [|Soviet] spy code-named [|Perseus] is still unknown. [//[|citation needed]//] 

[[|edit]] Simtel archive
The "[|Simtel]" archive was hosted at White Sands from 1983 to 1993. This was an important early repository of [|shareware], [|freeware] and [|public domain software] available to any Internet user via [|anonymous FTP] at //wsmr-simtel20.army.mil//. The host machine had an unusual file naming syntax because it was one of the last machines to run the [|TOPS-20] operating system rather than the [|VMS] and [|Unix] systems common on the Internet at that time. 

[[|edit]] References

 * 1) **[|^]** Bluth, John. [|Von Karman, Malina laid the groundwork for the future JPL]. JPL.
 * 2) **[|^]** [|Development of the Corporal: the embryo of the army missile program, vol. 2]. Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
 * 3) **[|^]** Steve Ramirez, //Las Cruces Sun-News// reprinted as "Director now leads missile range", in the //El Paso Times//, December 1, 2005 p.6A.
 * 4) **[|^]** [|About White Sands Test Facility]. NASA.
 * 5) **[|^]** [|White Sands Space Harbor]. NASA.
 * 6) **[|^]** [|Lasers, microwave technology among AFRL's Directed Energy Directorate's works]. AFRL.



[[|edit]] External links
[|Coordinates]: [|32°56′38″N, 106°25′10″W] Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sands_Missile_Range"[|Categories]: [|Rocket launch sites] | [|Military in New Mexico] | [|Otero County, New Mexico] | [|United States Army research facilities] | [|Nuclear test sites] | [|Space Shuttle landing sites]Hidden categories: [|All articles with unsourced statements] | [|Articles with unsourced statements since February 2007]
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 * [|Works by White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office] at [|Project Gutenberg]

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