Museum of the United States Air Force Photo Walk

General Information:

Spend a day with our instructor(s) at the world’s largest military aviation museum, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. The museum features a collection of hundreds of aerospace vehicles, missiles and thousands of artifacts displayed in over 19 acres of indoor exhibit space. Our instructor(s) will guide through the museum while recommending what equipment to use and how to "get the shot" you are after, all while answering your photography questions. Please note, admission to the museum is free, the fee you are paying for this Photo Walk is to cover the expenses of our instructor(s) being there to help you with your photography related questions and to give you advice to help you get better photos at the museum as well as guiding the group through the museum. Last but not least the fee you are paying also helps us with our programs for groups such as the Boy and Girl scouts, as well as multiple charities and non-profits we help with photography related services.

Photo Opportunities May Include:

There are thousands of items on display, below is a very tiny list of photo opportunities.

A reproduction (no authentic ones are known to exist) Fokker Dr.1 tri-plane similar to the one flown by the Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) in WWI.
Wright 1909 Military Flyer. This airplane on display is an exacting reproduction constructed by museum personnel in 1955. It is equipped with an engine donated by Orville Wright and chains, sprockets and propellers donated by the heirs of the Wright estate.
A Packard LePere LUSAC 11. The aircraft on display is the only known surviving one in the world.
Wright R-1820.
Northrop A-17A bomber. The one on display is the only known existing A-17A in the world.
Bockscar - The Boeing B-29 Superfortress that dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the atomic attack against Hiroshima.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Messerschmitt company, the Me 262 although this is not the first operational Me 262, the Me 262 was the world's first operational jet airplane.
North American F-86 Sabre.
A Sikorsky UH-19B helicopter.
Several machine guns missiles and bombs.
Apollo 15 Command Module - yes it went to the moon and back!
The Space Shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer 1 (CCT-1) is one of three shuttle mock-ups used to train shuttle astronauts.
Northrop YF-23A, unofficially named the Black Widow II.
YF-12A - the forerunner of the highly-sophisticated SR-71 Blackbird only 3 YF23 aircraft were built. The aircraft on display is the second one built and it is the only remaining YF-12A in existence (the first YF-12A was damaged beyond repair after a landing mishap, and the third YF-12A was destroyed after the crew ejected to escape an in-flight fire).
10 former Presidential aircraft including the Boeing VC-137 SAM 26000 (Air Force One that John F. Kennedy's flew in to Dallas TX. and his body was flown to Washington DC after he was assassinated. This aircraft is usually open to the public to walk through.
Lockheed C-141 Starlifter. The one on display airlifted the first American prisoners of war to freedom from Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi, North Vietnam, on Feb. 12, 1973.
Thousands more!!!!

Recommended Equipment:

These are recommendations and none are required so if you don't have them all do not worry.

Tripod and cable or remote release for your camera if you have them.

At least one lens. Bringing multiple lenses is a great idea. We have had students use lenses ranging from an 8mm fish-eye to 400mm telephoto and everything in between. The most common lenses range from 18mm to 200mm for this locations. We feel that you can create great photos with just about any lens on this photo walk.

A flash.

Pen & small notebook to take notes.

Comfortable shoes you will be walking or standing almost the entire time. There are benches to stop and take a break if you need to do so.

Please keep in mind that the museum is on an active United States Air Force base and therefore does have restrictions please visit the museum's website for more information by clicking on the link below. Specifically read the Security section for restrictions it is best to check the morning of the Photo Walk as the restrictions and security policies can change at any time.

Upcoming Schedule and Location:

Date and Time

Saturday November 11th 2023
Participants should arrive by 9:15 to check in and for a brief lecture about how to photograph the collections at the museum.
the Photo Walk will be from 9:30 am - 5:00 pm. Participants who would like to leave early are free to do so at anytime but we do ask that you let the instructor(s) so we do not look for you at the end of the day.

Meeting Location

Will be emailed by ProCam to participants who have paid.

Cost: $25.00

Registration:

If you are on the Studio63.org mailing list you likely have received about this Photo Walk in advance of the it being listed on the ProCam events page. If you attempt to register and cannot find this Photo Walk listed please contact us.
To register for the Museum of the United States Air Force photo walk on Saturday June 4th 2022, please use ProCam Events web-page by clicking here.
If you experience difficulties with the event registration please contact ProCam Cincinnati:

PROCAM Cincinnati Cincinnati
1014 Ohio Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45245
(513) 943-9000
Cincinnati@ProCam.com

Store Hours:
Monday-Friday 9:30 am - 7:30 pm EST
Saturday 9:30 am - 6:00 pm EST
Sunday 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST

Additional Scheduling Options and Information.

This photo walk is also available as a private lesson contact us for details.

If you have questions about this course call us or email our education department at education@studio63.org. Email usually works best for course and workshop questions! Please allow a few days for us to reply as only our instructors return emails and calls regarding courses and workshops and they are also our busiest photographers.