![]() ![]() The Cheetah Encounter is more of a conservation/awareness show than just a cheetah run featuring several species teaching RRR and other sustainable practices. Great, educational show with some pretty impressive fly-overs. ![]() Beaudan, the new bongo calf, is so freakin' cute and fun to watch when he gets the zoomies. The meerkats go nuts when they get a cricket delivery. He is always on the go when he's not sleeping in the hammock and those long arms straight up in the air as he runs around are a hoot. The dude is pretty nonstop action and a video is a better option than trying to take stills. Kip, the white cheeked gibbon, is not to be missed. The hippo bloat was chilling in the corner.until the hippo encounter experience brought romaine. This was a very HOT day but, fortunately, there was still a lot of activity throughout.ĭay started with encountering Isla, the tamandua, out for a stroll. entry is one of the advantages of being a member so.front row parking and you get to see the hippos before the throngs invade. Not bad for a place with free admission and free parking! It should be no surprise this museum is one of the top tourist attractions in Ohio.Īnyway, if you come here, be sure to give yourself plenty of time!Ī great way to spend a few hours or a whole day. If that’s not enough, there’s also a National Aviation Hall of Fame between Hangers 1 and 2, a Missile Gallery between Hangers 3 and 4, a theatre, an auditorium, a cafeteria, and a large gift shop. By my count, there are a total of more than 350 aircraft displayed in this museum, including those at floor level, as well as those hanging overhead. Hanger 4 is home to the Research and Development, Space, Global Reach, and Presidential galleries. Both sides of Hanger 3 are devoted to the Cold War Gallery and include notable (and large) aircraft like the B2, C-133A, and the B-38J. Hanger 2 has the Korean War and Southeast Asia War galleries. On this visit, we took a guided tour of Hanger 4, and our guide mentioned that a Hanger 5 might be in the plans.Īs you can tell, there’s a lot to see! One side of Hanger 1 houses the Early Years Gallery with everything from early French balloons, to Wright Brothers fliers, and World War I, and early World War II aircraft, while the other bigger side holds the World War II Gallery. I had actually been to this museum once before back in the early 70s, and at that time, the XB-70A, a high-altitude, nuclear strike bomber that could fly at three times the speed of sound, was outside on the tarmac. I especially liked the Early Years Gallery, the National Aviation Hall of Fame, and nearly all of Hanger 4, particularly the Space Gallery, and the Presidential Gallery. I’m not a big aviation, war, or military enthusiast, but this place held my interest for nearly seven hours. We ended up staying here all day until the place closed and still didn’t see everything. Wrong! Three hours in and we had hit only one of the museum’s four giant hangers. When I was planning our itinerary for this trip, I thought we could visit this place in the morning and then go to two other Dayton attractions in the afternoon. ![]()
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