On Saturday the family and I went out to the
Mighty 8th Air Force Museum in Pooler, GA, and then out to Travis Field, home of the 165th Tactical Airlift Wing. It turned out to be a terrific day of history and airplanes.
First stop, the
Mighty 8th...
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| My bride in the atrium |
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| Child-sized bomb |
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| 1/72 airfield. I want to game on this! |
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| Their pride and joy |
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| B-47 goodness |
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| Some neat stained glass in the chapel |
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| There are many of these memorials in the gardens. They tend to be rather attractive. |
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| A very inspirational chess set |
And then, on to family day at Travis Field...
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| Louisiana sent some Eagles with cool tail flashes. |
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| A B-52 from Minot, North Dakota was in town. Looks like they may have been busy recently with those markings. |
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| My youngest at the controls of a MC-130 spec ops Herc |
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| Ziggy in his work clothes, Bride, Junior and Curly |
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| A dead-sexy T-38 traier |
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| My far the best-painted aircraft, a Seahawk from the Airwolves down in Jacksonville. |
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| Now THAT'S tail art! |
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| Oh heck yes. |
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| The Viper. Not sure if I like it or the T-38/F-5 more. The T-38 has that awesome coke-bottle waist. |
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| Go Fasta! |
We had a terrific time and even got a bit sunburned hanging out on the tarmac in the afternoon. We got to watch a Harrier do a slow-mo flyby including the requisite hover, turn, and bow. We took a quick ride up and back on the tarmac in a
Polaris MRZR4 (I got to work the machine-gun). The best thing though - my kids seemed to gain an appreciation for our military. The movies at the Mighty 8th actually shut them up for a few minutes and made them think. If you're ever down this way, it's certainly worth the visit.
Great tour. I think the human touch of the POW made Chess set is perhaps my favorite, though!
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