There were several opportunities for members to venture out to other locations that were not on the regular
reunion agenda. A couple of these side trips are shown below. These photos were taken sometime during the
reunion time period.
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The first picture is of Solo's Restaurant which was built around a USAF KC97 tanker. The main restaurant
was under the port wing with the landing gear extending into the dining area. The walls were covered with USAF nostalgia items.
Dining tables were also available inside the aircraft as shown in the next 4 photos.
Chuck and Sandra Lange.
Everett and Karen Speas.
Jim and Peggie Laposta.
The 1st. picture is of Joe and Mary Ann Vilsack at Solo's Restaurant.
Patterson AFB museum was another popular place for several different groups to visit, Bill Green, Gary Oulman and Vaughn Callison
stand in front of an Air Force EC-121.
Gay Oulman on the boarding ladder.
The 4th. picture, shows Gay Oulman at the flight engineers panel.
The first picture on the left shows Russell Weyers walking through the CIC section of the Air Force EC-121.
The 2nd picture, shows some of the electronic equipment installed at the navigators position... quite different then what we had in VW-1
The 3rd. and 4th. picture shows and overall pictue of the EC-121 and some other museum display missles.