This museum is inside the Museum of the Air Force at WPAFB. It is free. It is also a stop on the Aviation Trail (get your free passport at the Museum's information desk and have it stamped here. You need 7 stamps to get a Wilbear Teddy Bear.)Excellent displays about aviation and plaques honoring HoF members. Don't miss the chance for a photo in a space suit, either!
This is inside the National Air Force Museum. ...odd it has its own entry on TripAdvisor. Very cool interactive things for kids...and some history for adults
I find it odd, that this has it's own listing since it's inside the Air Force museum, but this is definitely a hidden treasure. We didn't explore it until recently and I'm glad we did. They have many interactive exhibits and a lot of cool things that I didn't know about. Overall a pretty cool place.
Liked the recognition given to so many who added to the significance of aviation plus the hands on displays which the grandkids really enjoyed
I live near Dayton and would pass by the Hall of Fame to tour the Airfare Museum - What a fool I was. Don't pass this up. Great history, space suit for photo op, etc.
This is part of a bigger must see museum. If you have time it is a good little side trip but not a main attraction the Aircraft in the adjoining museum.
A DISMAL AND DREARY DAY IN OCTOBERWe had been to the USAF Museum several times and decided we'd try something new in Dayton, so we looked up "Things to Do" and found this. Well, I didn't get the address, since I figured there would be big Brown History/Culture Signs along the highway to guide us. Well, I was right - but this was, of course, part of the USAF Museum we'd not ventured into before.Still, we spent over an hour, enjoying the hands-on exhibits, watching the documentaries, and reading the bios on many of the famous inductees: Rickenbacker, Wright, Fokker, Boeing, Glenn, Earhart, Sperry, and the like...Also, the exhibits were not bogged down in historical facts, but written more like true bios - like you'd find on the Biography Channel or a good NatGeo special. We spent about 90 minutes there alone, because we'd seen most of the Museum itself. Still, if you make a trip to the Museum, you should definitely take the time to stop here, too.
Very well organized, educational for all ages. Charts, pictures, descriptions, staff, information is all available. Very friendly and the food court is excellent.
The Hall of Fame is housed inside the Air Force Museum. It had some interactive things for the kids to do, such as a mock up of an air traffic control tower. A space suit where you can take pictures. Interesting!
If you are a hardware junkie for aviation history, the USAF Museum is the place to go. An amazing collection of aircraft, missiles and other aviation history. Many programs for family and children too.