It was an 'update' visit for me since I hadn't been there since they changed the name
We got to see Reg Ushler BG(ret) and talk some about his Mustang "Gunfighter." Reg is one of the Docents and is running a motion simulator they have installed. There are two of them and they have pretty good motion-they will roll and loop. The cockpit is very basic essentially using a single stick and throttle and limited effects. It uses a variant of FS2002 and you fly over a pretty bland terrain with tanks as targets. You can fire missiles at them. The cockpit is a semi accurate FA-18 (Curious for an Air Force Museum). But it was fun. Ric and I both thought it could benefit from a widescreen or triple monitor display. But the motion was a fun thing. A little too big to fit in my computer room 
Many of the airplanes are being repainted or repaired. But there is a good variety. Ric had never seen the B-45 and the B-36 is the largest airplane they have on display. At some times during the year, they have crawl-thru days when they open up the airplanes. But they also have excellent displays of most of the cockpits and crew positions that you can either look in or sit in (B-52). They have added a lot on the Space Shuttle and
Space Station. I think that is due to having the First Astronaut from Nebraska current on the Space Station. All-in-all it was a great day.
