Ohio - Campbell Hill - 1,549 Feet - January 17, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013 - Drove to Bellefontaine, OH from Wheeling, WV. Bellefontaine is a few miles past the Honda plant in Marysville, OH.
The highpoint is on the grounds of Ohio Hi-Point Career Center. I then drove about another hour to Dayton.
Campbell Hill Sign
Surveyor's Mark
High Point Sign
View from the Top
Friday, January 18, 2013 - Toured the Wright Brother's Memorial, Huffman Prairie Flying Field, and the National Museum of the Air Force. Huffman Prairie
Flying Field is where the Wright Brothers perfected their airplane and flying technique after returning from Kitty Hawk. There is a replica of their hangar
and catapult. A team of horses would raise a weight which, when dropped, would propel the airplane along a track to assist takeoff.
The Air Force Museum is on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. There are three hangars full of military aircraft. Since it was Friday, I got to take a
tour through the three reconstruction hangars. The airplanes are meticulously reconstructed. Our guide said 98% of the planes on display can fly. The
Memphis Belle was under reconstruction. The museum has the "Bockscar" B-29 bomber that dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, the "Strawberry Bitch"
B-24 Liberator, a B2 Stealth Bomber, B-1B Bomber, SR-71A Blackbird, and many, many more. It was amazing, and free.
