The Museum of Flight & Aerial Firefighting is as the name suggests focused around aerial firefighting, with most of the collection being located outside. The entrance is through the small museum building, which house the gift shop and a few exhibits with some cool artifacts.

The Museum of Mountain Flying is, as the name suggests, focused on mountain flying and aerial firefighting. The museum centerpiece is the old DC-3, Miss Montana - which you can go inside!

The Historic Flight Foundation is not like regular aviation museums - the airplanes here are airworthy and regularly used! You can even climb inside a couple of them.

The McAllister Museum of Aviation is not a big museum, but it still has a lot to offer. There are no big aircraft on display here, but there are a lot of artifacts and aviation history! And a couple experimental airplanes in the hangar that’s connected to the museum.

The Warkhawk Air Museum is located on the edge of Nampa Municipal Airport, and contains of a large hangar filled with aircraft and artifacts. The first part of the museum is full of various wartime artifacts, the second part has all the aircraft, and a small space themed exhibit.

Historic Wendover Airfield is both a museum and an active airport. The museum consists of two buildings, the old control tower, and the movie plane used in Con Air. You can also drive along the roads outside the museum and look at the remains of the old base.

The Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is located in a former military base hangar, and has a large collection of aircraft and artifacts. When we visited there was a great variation, with everything from fictional movieplanes to military aircraft and gliders.

Når jeg fullførte opplæringen for noe over et år siden satt jeg meg noen mål. Og jeg oppdaget raskt at for å kunne oppnå enkelte av de, måtte jeg ha et visst antall timer. Det magiske tallet for flere ting virket å være 200 timer. Så da ble det også et mål. I dag nådde jeg det magiske tallet. Men så enkelt er det ikke, som alt annet innen luftfart er det mer komplisert enn som så.

Det er ikke lange biten opp til Stord, Sørstokken, og ikke er det så mye trafikk der heller. Så det er en fin destinasjon når man bare vil fly en liten tur en ettermiddag eller kveld. Det har blitt noen turer dit i år, og i dag ble det en til.

Det var relativt fint vær i dag, men litt disig, som det ofte er om sommeren her. Fint VFR-vær, så tur måtte det bli - men hvor? Siden dette var en kveldsflyvning, fant jeg ut at det ikke var noe særlig å fly sørover, siden jeg da ville fått sola rett i fleisen på vei tilbake. Og det kombinert med dette været er ingen god kombinasjon. Så da fristet det mer med en tur nordøst, mot Folgefonna.