Wings of Freedom

The Wings of Freedom came to our town.  They have actual World War II aircraft such as the B-24, B-17, and P-51 on display.  There was also a Vietnam Era Huey helicopter.  The boys were in heaven.

They really cool part is that these are all flying aircraft and they let you climb through the whole plane minus the cockpit.  The boys loved finding all the bombs and guns, inactive of course.  I heard, "There's 2 guns up there.  Sweet!" more than once in our outing.

There were a lot of veterans present when we visited.  We were near one man who turned out to have piloted a B-24 during the war.  We got a first hand account.  It was really neat.

I did not realize how small it is inside these planes.  It was difficult to board them and definitely difficult for a woman with child bearing hips to walk forward facing at times.  I did  a lot of side ways walking.  The veteran was amazed that he used to be able to fit in these areas.  He was only a 19 year old skinny lad he said at the time.

Here's the P-51 Mustang.

Here's the boys in the Huey.  They really wanted a ride.

They have been building bombers out of legos ever since our return.  The poor lincoln log town has been bombed repeatedly since our field trip.