Ohio History
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| Post-WWII Planes |
Moving on in history, we saw a number of planes on display from the Cold War era. Many were reconnaissance planes used to gather information about Soviet air defense radar systems. Pilots would fly along (and sometimes over) the border of the Soviet Union and other communist nations behind the iron curtain to spy on their technological capabilities. They traveled at night, maintaining radio silence and taking pictures with powerful cameras. The world's largest aerial camera ever built was on display in the Cold War gallery. It produced an 18"x36" negative and could detect a golf ball from an altitude of 45,000 feet.
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