Just quickly, Thursday details (still 3 days behind on my trip details - I didn't think I would be this darn busy).
I mentioned that I had to get up early on this day because of the early start to the Air Force tour, and when I turned on the TV for some audio company while getting ready, I ended up turning it onto the weekday repeat of Transformers Animated on Cartoon Network (Meldown controlling the Dinobots episode). When I got to the Hyatt lobby for the Tour, I noticed that there was a lot more people this time. So many that I think we almost filled the bus.
We only had one Fun Pub staff member accompany us this time, as the rest would have been required to set up the convention.
The Air Force Museum was further away than I thought, as it took and hour and 10 minutes to get there (was closer to Dayton than Cincinnati).
The museum was huge. It was three huge aircraft hangers, and a six story Imax theatre, and they plan to construct a fourth hanger some time soon.
Inside, it was broken up into sections:
History of US flight from the first flight in 1907 to before WW2.
World War 2.
Korean War.
Vietnam War to present day aircraft.
Missiles and Space craft.
Bob Hope commemoration.
Operation Berlin Lift.
Educational Centre.
Holocaust Display.
Imax theatre.
Presidential aircraft.
Research and experimental aircraft.

It took 7 hours for me to go through the entire place, just in time for the 4pm departure back to the hotel.
As soon as I got back, I pretty much went straight to the line for the Club Store purchases, to get the other convention toys and merchandise.
Brian (head of Fun Pub) did his usual welcome and run through of the convention stuff, to the people queuing up at the pre-registration pick-up area.
THere were about 25 people in front of me, and it took an hour and 50minutes to get to the front of the line.
When I got my stuff, I went straight over to the hotel I was no longer staying at, to see if Saintly had arrived (I was to meet up with him, but had been unable to get in contact with him at all to let him know that we were in the other hotel now).
At the Hyatt hotel, the trading messageboard was already up with notes, including one listing convention toys for sale. I rang up the number and grabbed several toys, a lot easier than I had expected (he said he only just put up the note, so I think I was just lucky). As soon as the purchase had been completed, I actually got a call from Saintly (finally) saying that he had just arrived at Dayton airport (about 75minutes away) and would be on the way soon.
Unfortunately for him, him and his kid (Tim, who was a bit sick while he was here) were not able to get in before pre-reg ended at 10pm, so they would have to go in first thing the next morning.
Because of how late I finished up buying stuff from the club store and the extra stuff from another fan, it was too late to buy anything to eat other than at pubs and the pizza place I already tried on my first night. So I had pizza, again... Yeah, it was painful to have to eat pizza again....
Saintly and Tim arrived at 10.30p, and after a bit of unwinding and chatting, we ended up getting to sleep by 12.30.
Friday we got up by 6am, to get ready quickly enough to pickup Saintly's stuff as soon as pre-reg opened at 8am, and get his extra stuff from the club store straight after.
And then the panels began, which will be covered in the news section, as soon as I can get to it.
Off now for the last six hours of BotCOn for 2008.