There Is A Lot Of Stuff In Here.

     We have a lot to get to, and a very short time to get it all in. Let's get to where we left of on Sunday. I owe you some pictures and I have them for you. It wasn't easy, they still didn't make it through the cloud, but if there is a will, there is a way, and I had the will and found the way.

     These two photos were taken in the memorabilia of then Warbird. They house quite the collection of artifacts, old photos, uniforms, dioramas, weapons, and even more. These two stood out to me. The first one is a photograph of the Women Air Force Service Pilots, and it was taken in Ohio in 1954. Theses were some badass ladies. the second one is an old camera that was used in recognizance missions to locate enemy targets. It was pretty big. To give you an example of the size of it, it was bigger than the average shoe box. It was really neat to see.

     I had to get this one, because it was just too funny. I didn't ask any of the guides why they had these, but they were hilarious amongst all these large and historic aircraft. These were two kids toy planes, that they could get in and peddle around. Too much fun right there.

     Here are more examples of the nose art. They are a bit more traditional as opposed to the Killer Bee one that I posted on Sunday night. The bottom one is from the C-47 that they had there. This plane just happened to fly in that morning. The guide I met at the door even had to ask if it was in the hanger that day. It was a troop transport plane and is pretty famous. I can't remember everything that it was involved in, but it has been in movies, it was in the D-Day invasion, and I believe at Normandy, but I'm not sure about that last one. Now it flies people for short trips to see what it was like to fly in one of these back in the day. They changed the inside around to a more relaxed seating. I asked the guide what it would take to get to go up in it, and she said, "Lot's of money." I figured as much. Here are two more pictures of it's inside. 

     The left is of course the passenger area. It has comfortable seats now, and a small table for, I would guess, the guests that paid a little more, and the one on the right is looking towards the cockpit from where the navigator and radio operator sat. It was a fun experience to stand in this plane that was over 60 years old, and still flew.

      This was the F-5E SSBD. It was a test aircraft that NASA used to test out hypersonic activity. The blue and red markings on the plane represent the sonic wave, and I wish I could remember the story the guide told us about it, but from what I remember, they were trying to find a way to lessen the decibel level in the plane, and the blue line represents the reduction. He mentioned that they were cocky and painted the lines before they even did it. This was maybe my favorite plane. It just had this really cool shape that reminded you of a pelican.

    This is just one of the motors that they had laying around. They have several of them scattered throughout the museum. You can go up and touch them and see how massive these power plants were.

     These two were just an attempt by me to be a little artistic. I'm not sure I pulled it off, but I still like them.

     The final picture. This is a UH-1 Huey. These were highly used in Vietnam, and you've probably seen them in many Vietnam war movies. They are usually featured very prominently. This particular one, has a possible good story. I say possible, because the museum is researching it to find out it's validity. It is believed that this particular Huey was the very last one to leave Vietnam when American troops cleared out. If it's true, this could be the last chopper out of Saigon.

     That's it for the Warbird museum. Now onto a few other things. I had a thought about this but cast it off, because I didn't really think you would be interested, but I could be wrong, so I'm going to delve into it. I"m talking about my GoPro set up for my helmet. I went into some vague detail about it, but never gave you all information. First I have a couple of pictures to show you what it looks like, and one thing to show you what to get instead of the bulky package of stuff that I don't necessarily need.

     The first one is a multi shot so that you can see the camera, mount, mic adaptor, and the ic itself. If you blow it up, you can see the multiple extensions that I put together to make the mount so that it will go from the side of my helmet to hold the camera in the front. The picture on the left shows you what you should get instead. Live and learn. I like it the way it is for now, but I will eventually switch over to that little bag of extensions with the curved arm. That is the one piece that I needed when building the mount that you see on it. I have links for everything to make it a little easier for you, if you want something similar. Yes, even the bulky package of unnecessary parts

GoPro Hero 5 Black Hero 5

GoPro Hero 5 Mic adaptor Mic Adaptor

Giant Squid Audio Lab Omnidirectional Microphone Microphone

Soonsun Curved Extension Arm Mount Helmet Mount 

Movo Furry Windscreens Windscreens

Gaffer Tape Gaffer Tape

Kupton Accessories for GoPro Bag of Stuff

Last, and probably the most important thing you can buy for the helmet mount are these 5M x 20mm bolts to replace the hardware the GoPro and Kupton give you for the mounting bolts. These clean up the look of the whole thing and get rid of those giant bolts (that although are easy to use, just add unnecessary bulk to it). Bolts

     That is everything I used in that video that I posted on Sunday night. It works pretty good, if you have a helmet that has enough room to mount it directly to the front, you probably won't need those extension arms or any of that, but everything else will be very helpful. I am trying to see if I can get rid of some of the wind noise, but that might be impossible with my particular helmet. My Arai XD-4 does not come with a chin curtain. It only has a chin spoiler that kind of redirects the air, but doesn't block it out the way a chin curtain does, which covers the whole area from the front of the helmet to your neck. I may just have to live with that wind sound.

     I did have something else that I wanted to talk to you about tonight, actually two more things, but I can see that this is already getting long, so I will save that stuff for Thursday night. I think I might even put off the FSOTW until then as well. There is a lot to digest here tonight, and it is nearing to midnight as I type this line you are currently reading. That means that it is time for bed, seeing how I wake up at 4 in the morning. Peace in and goodnight.