A Walk Through the Air Mobility Command Museum (and other stuff)

This is my video walk-through of the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware, on December 29, 2018.
I also include some video of Washington DC as I drove past, and two crossings of the Chesapeake Bay on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and a crossing of the Potomac River on the Governor Harry Nice Bridge (Hwy 301).
I close with a bonus video, a flight on a United Express EMB-145 regional jet from Richmond, Virginia to Chicago's O'Hare airport on December 31, 2018.

[@barryklinedinst6233]

I was stationed at Dover until 1985 and the museum wasn't there when I left. I miss that place

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

I visited the museum once, prior-to 2013. I do not know if it is done regularly, but they opened the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster and I got to go inside. I have worked on Lockheed C-130 Hercules in both the USN and USCG, and I was _rather amazed_ at how much *LARGER* a C-133 is in comparison. Prior to my museum visit I had only seen C-133s in photographs.

[@DavidChow-n4x]

I enjoy this adventure very much. Thanks

[@geneziemba9159]

On the 141 frequently a “comfort pallet” was added when carrying large numbers of passengers. Usually placed in the first position aft of the flight deck it had two lavatories and a galley.

[@RD2564]

Nice museum and you do a great job with describing the displays in these videos from Dover.

[@peltel2222]

Excellent video. Minus the wind. Still love the content. Great way to spend Covid. Love your familiarity with these plaines. 👍👍👍

[@sarmodelhoscalesouthernafr2801]

Did you notice the owl in the front of the landing gear bay at 59:01 - it's lined up with the tips of your fingers. I wonder if it's there to keep other birds from nesting in the gear bay.

[@Astronetics]

hahahaha I didn't even notice the owl the first time around. I don't think he did either.

[@geneziemba9159]

The KC-135E was an A model modified with the engines removed from the 707’s you saw at the Boneyard. They were exclusively used by the Guard and the Reserve.

[@Joethomasjr]

As a Delaware born and raised person, we could not afford Blinker Fluid. You just have to "Assume" everyone is going to turn in a direction you are not going. Now, living in Florida, I get to experience round-a-bouts!!! As for Paratroopers, yes we did jump out of these from Pope Air Force Base at Ft. Bragg.

[@ironman7261]

Have seen those rotating laser missile jammers on C-17 and C-130s. Not everyone likes to talk about them but you can run into one of 3 systems on the C-17s according to one that would comment on it .

[@TheMonkeyrock77]

I enjoyed that. I bought myself 2 things for Christmas. One is a cell Phone with WiFi and a Go-Pro Sports Camera with WiFi. That way I can put the Camera recording into the phone and us the phone for my sound system to knock out the wind blowing in the mic. It was just last week I saw the best camera set-up. It's the Go Pro 7 in a hand held Stabilizer. Smooth Video's.

[@amtraktraveler9118]

My Amtrak Odyssey is coming up in two weeks, From Portland OR, to St Paul. Just bought the Go-Pro 7. I cannot wait to use it on my trip. Downfall is that I have to buy the window mount for it. Last Amtrak Videos I did were done on my I phone this will be a big improvement.

[@TheMonkeyrock77]

@@amtraktraveler9118 They sell Bundle packs of Go-pro attachments on eBay. I've never used the phone with the Go-pro before but I'm thinking about using more than one camera then change cameras with just the touch of the screen as I drive.

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

I did not know about this museum! It's on my list now.

[@KevinMeno2008]

There are 73 seats in the upper deck passenger/troop compartment. The 73 seats are backward-facing for safety reasons

[@Altazmuth]

Not only do Las Vegas drivers (away from the strip) not give turn signals, but many also seem to be color blind to red signal lights.

[@danmathers141]

No one had pictures of the cockpit area and passenger area of the C 5?

[@toddevans1]

love your vids! but..stick on wind screens for small cameras are a thing ya know. keep up the great work!

[@garyelkhorn2116]

I would hate to have a break down at night during the winter!

[@RNWZ07]

I check daily for your next travel video - they’re always enjoyable. Anything planned for release in the short term? Thanks for all you do!

[@youtuuba]

No train trips planned at the moment....am planning a vacation to England soon, don't know if there will be any videos coming out of that....maybe. I would like to take another eastern train trip in the Summer or Fall. I think most of my new videos, for a while, will be of a technical, not travel, nature. I have a lot of stuff along the lines of vintage computers and built-it projects waiting in the wings.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

@@youtuuba Vintage computers of Digital Equipment, General Automation, SEL, MODCOMP, Data General, CDC, fame?

[@beedonn9260]

Don't forget Norton Air Force base in San Bernardino

[@brianjones6500]

If you've ever ridden in a C-141 you've never asked for peanuts and popcorn. The best cots weren't. Best is a pallet stacked tall enough to be in the heat sweet spot and when you lay down on it to sleep you don't at the same time freeze your balls off or suffer depoxigen hypo whatcha sayin to me flight doctor?

[@xqqqme]

BTW, even though I, too, would have instinctively said "WAY-co" (as with the Texas city), the aircraft manufacturer WACO is pronounced "WAH-co"

[@youtuuba]

Yes, I have heard several variations on how to pronounce the aircraft company name Waco. I used to work with a guy who owned one, and he said "Wack-o"....

[@amtraktraveler9118]

Was this another Amtrak Adventure? I almost do the same thing at the same time every year. With the exception that I do mine in January hopefully the Empire Builder won't have filthy windows and frozen toilets on my odyssey. That will be the 2nd time on the Empire Builder except I am going East instead of West.

[@youtuuba]

This was not part of a train 'adventure'. I had a few vacation days left that I needed to use by the end of the year, or lose them, and I decided to fly out and visit some friends for a few days. The day trip to Dover was my friends' day off from visiting. There was not enough time to take a train on this trip.

[@shirriejackson2939]

The fighter jet SR-71 air that you saw what design in Hamilton Ontario Canada patented Hamilton Ontario Drew all blueprints in a garage locator corner Wellington and Barton. 1 book e it is a private private residence rooming house

[@youtuuba]

shirrie jackson, either you are VERY confused or are just a poor writer. It is lard to figure out what you are writing here, or what you meant. But it sure seems like you meant to write that the SR-71 was designed in a garage in Hamilton, Canada. Which is absolute nonsense and categorically false. Also, you r comment is on my video of the Air Mobility Command museum, which does not even have an SR-71. So why are you commenting so inappropriately?

[@P-J-W-777]

Be willing to bet most of those aircraft could be flown again rather easily with a bit of maintenance. The C-141 and the fighters may need to have their engines reinstalled. However I’m willing to bet Air Force 2 the B-17 and C-47 and several of the others could be returned rather easily.

[@youtuuba]

@P-J-W-777 considering you have no first hand knowledge of their condition, and that gambling via KZbin comments is not a thing, you "being willing to bet" is pretty meaningless.

[@P-J-W-777]

@@youtuuba considering I’ve worked as a volunteer at a well known museum organization taking care of both flying and static aircraft I’m pretty sure the Air Force takes pretty good care of them. Most of our static aircraft could be returned to flying condition as the engines were preserved for long term storage in order to protect their internals. A man with the Smithsonian was asked if the Ebola Gay could ever fly again and his answer was sure most likely with some maintenance. It’s not much different than the Davis Monthan AFB. I never said they’d be ready to fly in 4 or 5 days. With a few months of work with the right crew anything is possible. I’ve had more hours working on a B-29 than I could even remember. I was raised in and round aircraft with my grandfather owning quit a few all my life. Everything from single to multi engine.

[@youtuuba]

@P-J-W-777 , your own qualifications with various non-museum aircraft does not put you in a position of detailed knowledge regarding the flight ready status of aircraft on display. I am not an aviation mechanic, but I am a volunteer at multiple aviation museums and am a recipient of numerous newsletters and restoration reports from a number of major aircraft museums, many of which describe in considerable detail the levels of restoration given display aircraft. From this I know that their condition varies widely. One guy from one museum giving you an off the cuff opinion does not impress me as being persuasive or authoritative. I agree that many of the well restored (to display condition) aircraft could be made flight ready with appropriate parts replacement and service. But that would only be 'flight ready for limited ferry flight'; to get them truly flight ready would require a lot more work and massive expense.

[@P-J-W-777]

@@youtuuba the fact is I came to your channel to watch your video because I have a love and passion for aviation as well. Yes I have worked on helped rebuild plenty of museum aircraft including what was once the only flying B-29 in the world. Helped rebuild and restore a P-38 from a shipping container and various work on a P-51. So I’d say I have a little museum experience. I didn’t expect a rather rude reply. Pretty sure you’ve heard about the Frozen Tundra B-29. The team successfully restored it to flyable condition and would have brought it back home had it not been for a fuel leak. They did this out in the middle of nowhere with limited resources. I want to see these aircraft restored and maintained for future generations.

[@youtuuba]

@P-J-W-777 , you are all over the place with your reasoning. You don't seem able to understand the points I have been trying to make. You own experiences are not apples-to-apples comparisons to what you originally wrote and to which I made your reply. Your own love for old aircraft, which I quite obviously share, is not enough to make you an expert in the condition of aircraft in museums. We will accomplish nothing further by further exchanges.

[@kevinsnodgrass1222]

Waco is pronounced “Wah-co” (sounds like taco).

[@youtuuba]

Kevin Snodgrass, when I used to travel to Texas for work, I knew a couple guys who hailed from Waco, and they liked to pronounce it "whack-oh", as in wacky.....just in jest.

[@barryyoungston5254]

Why, when you go to any air museum are there always little screamers screaming and parents think it is great and don't even try to make the be quiet? There should always be at least one adult day a week that you have to be at least forty years or older.

[@youtuuba]

Barry Youngstown, do you think it is only air museums that have this?

[@barryyoungston5254]

@@youtuuba No. For sure not. Any air plane, Disney Land, Las Vegas, at two o'clock in the morning in the casino etc etc etc. And you spelled my name wrong. But I hope we are on the same wave length on this one.

[@youtuuba]

@@barryyoungston5254 , I don't think we are on the same wavelength. I agree that I don't care for noise from young kids at museums, but they are public places and they are not going to prohibit kids to make others a little bit happier. And they are not going to establish 'adults only days' either.

[@grumpyoldgit3403]

The poor little things have probably been cooped up in a car for several hours. Let them enjoy themselves for a few minutes. I'd rather hear them, than barking dogs that everyone seems to have with them when they go out, with owners that can't control them either.

[@arkyump]

welcome to the south when it comes to turn signals.