As you can see from the setting, the museum is located in a wooded area and is very attractive.
When you walk in the museum, you get a view of some interesting bikes.
This is a 1930 Henderson 4-cylinder bike:
This is a 1904 Indian one-cylinder motorcycle from Steve McQueen's estate:
This bike (under all the sheetmetal) set the Land Speed Record for motorcycles at 367 mph in 2009:
Here's a 1960 Harley Panhead with a sidecar:
A nice little collection of Indian motorcycles from the 1910's thru 1953, when the company closed its doors:
And, Kevin, if you're reading, here's a 1963 BSA Goldstar just rarin' to go!
A very nice collection of vintage bikes very well presented.
After leaving the AMA museum, I headed west on I-70 to Dayton for the Air Force museum. The museum itself occupies over 1 million square feet of display area, so it's really a couple-day trip to get to see it all. There are exhibits from the earliest days of manned flight to the B-2 bomber. VERY interesting place. Unfortunately, many of the pictures I took came out a little dark because my flash couldn't light up the entire hanger. But,here are some of the ones I found interesting:
This is the B-29 bomber that ended World War II with the dropping of an atomic bomb on Nagasaki in 1945. It is named "Bockscar" after the pilot:
A B-17, made famous by the movie and television series "Twelve O'Clock High":
A B-24 bomber, which was actually more numerous and more capable than the B-17:
A 1911 Wright Flyer. It's amazing how much aviation advanced over the following 30 or so years:
This is the nose of a B-36 bomber, which was in service during the early years of the Cold War. It had six piston-powered pusher propellers and four jet engines:
There were also a B-52 bomber (still in service after 50 years!), a B-1B Bomber, and a B-2 Bomber, the one that looks like a flying wing. Anyway, they were all too big to get much of a picture of. An finally, in the interest of World Peace, here is the Apollo 15 Command Moduel:
That's it for today. Tomorrow I'm headed up to Auburn, Indiana, for several of my favorite museums.
Miles today: 151
Total: 486