The Drum is great to visit as you also get to see the Alabama as well on the same ticket and you easily spend 4 or 5 hours looking at all that they have there. They also have a bulding with several aircraft including 1 of the 2 YF-17s that where in the fighter competion that lead to the F-16 and of course later the basic design of the YF-17 lead to the F/A-18 of which they have the first Hornet used in combat that was aginst Libya in 1986.They have an A-12 there the super fighter that got cancled but lead to the SR-71. Icing on the cake is the full size replica of the Hunley the first submarine that had combat success. The great thing about the Drum is that if you wait a few minutes when you go in most people just buzz through it fast so if your a sub nut you can have the whole thing to yourself for a while.
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