360° view from pilot's seat of Enola Gay

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Here's a site with which I was most impressed.
I'll give you two links. The first goes straight to the pilot's seat of the Enola Gay:
http://www.davidpalermo.com/data/slideshow/4/enolagay/index.html

Very impressive. You can look all around, plus up and down by moving your mouse.

This second link takes you to the home page. Under HD360 is list of 350° views David Palermo has done. Among others, there is a view inside a Gemini capsule and one from the bombadier's seat of the Enola Gay. There are some other non-aircraft 360 views, as well.
http://www.davidpalermo.com/#a=0&at=0


Anyways, Recommended.

Frank R
 
You can actually walk through Bockscar at the US Air Force Museum at Wright-Paterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.
 
The first time I was at the USAF Museum, I walked through Bockscar backwards, i.e. I walked onto the aircraft through the back where you are supposed to exit. I wasn't following the signs. I did not know what this aircraft was. I almost skipped it because it looks so plain, just another old bomber. That museum is so large and so overwhelming that you really have to budget your time.

Once aboard, though, I immediately felt something different... something weird. I'm not one who believes in ghosts or haunting or anything like that, but there was a definite weird feeling aboard that plane. Aboard, it's nothing special. It's just another old bomber -- albeit extraordinarily preserved as the aircraft at that museum are. It was not one of the Presidential Aircraft, not one of the experimental fighters, nothing very interesting... but something... really something... very compelling. I lingered for some time trying to figure it out and then walked through leaving through what was supposed to be the entrance. As I descended the stairs I was intended to ascend, I saw the sign and realized that I had just been aboard Bockscar. There is truly something about that airplane.

I wonder what it feels like to be aboard Enola Gay?



Some years ago, the USS Missouri stopped at the Columbia River inlet on its way to the Bremerton Shipyard. Ships often do this. The fresh water kills saltwater barnacles. While it was there, it was open to the public. I remember walking the decks and then descending a narrow, steep set of stairs onto an odd little deck. I did not know the name of this funny deck. I assumed it was something to do with target spotting for the big guns I had just admired or something. But this deck just felt funny. I noticed that the children who were running and playing on the other decks just stood on this deck. And then I saw a plaque on the floor of the deck of all things. I went to investigate and suddenly realized that I was standing on the Surrender Deck. There is just something about that place.

Some events are just so significant that something about them, some energy or something, resonates through history.
 
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I've also been in the cockpit of the Spruce Goose at the Evergreen Museum in McMinville, Oregon. Unfortunately, however, that is no longer possible because the cockpit is accessed via a narrow spiral staircase which is not -- and could not be made without serious damage to the plane -- handicapped accessible. So, now the cockpit is closed to visitors.
 
Gollnick said:
I've also been in the cockpit of the Spruce Goose at the Evergreen Museum in McMinville, Oregon. Unfortunately, however, that is no longer possible because the cockpit is accessed via a narrow spiral staircase which is not -- and could not be made without serious damage to the plane -- handicapped accessible. So, now the cockpit is closed to visitors.
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Gollnick, how is the tour there?

Worth a visit?

Thanks. :)
 
Gollnick said:
Some events are just so significant that something about them, some energy or something, resonates through history.
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Sometimes, things just are. Some are beyond our understanding, and I've found it best just to go with it and try to reach some level of understanding...

I've felt similar things at some concentration camps.
 
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Gollnick, how is the tour there?

Worth a visit?

Thanks. :)
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Oh, yes. It's an amazing collection. Keep in mind, also, that this is one man's private collection... including the Spruce Goose and the SR-71.

How do you get the Spruce Goose? You buy it... and pay to move it... and pay to conserve and restore it... and pay to build a special building to house it... and pay and pay. You have a lot of money.

How do you get an SR-71? That takes something more than money.

But, yes, it really is an amazing collection. If you are anywhere in the area, I would encourage you to visit.
 
sodak said:
Sometimes, things just are. Some are beyond our understanding, and I've found it best just to go with it and try to reach some level of understanding...

I've felt similar things at some concentration camps.
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One might question of such things might just be the mind playing tricks on you if you were to go to a concentration camp knowing very well where you were going. But I had no idea what airplane I was going onto. And I had no idea what deck I was on (I was mistaken and thought that the Surrender Deck was on the other side. Besides, the Surrender Deck is very small. You'd think you were looking for something... well... bigger and grander. But there it is. And there I experienced these profound and real feelings. So, the answer is that such things are not the mind playing tricks but are real. It's some sort of ripple in history or something. Something which we can't measure and yet the body is sensitive too. Something science does not yet explain.
 
knarfeng said:
This second link takes you to the home page. Under HD360 is list of 350° views David Palermo has done. Among others, there is a view inside a Gemini capsule and one from the bombadier's seat of the Enola Gay. There are some other non-aircraft 360 views, as well.
http://www.davidpalermo.com/#a=0&at=0
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Thank you for pointing this site out. The HD360 stuff really is quite interesting and fun to play with.
 
Thanks Gollnick I live about 40 miles from the Wright-Pat museum gonna have to go take a visit.
 
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