| This looks a lot like a control tower cab set on the ground | But it’s actually a special kind of military operations booth they set out next to the runway | Flying the biplane | The Martin PBM-5A Mariner is a bit bigger than our seaplane | Peapod and Innaias, heading to the SR-71 | Debra and the kids check out the Sikorsky VH-34C Chocktaw |
| They also have a number of Air Force One airplanes | This was Kennedy and Johnson’s Air Force One | Look carefully, and you can see Peapod, Debra, and all three kids walking past this VC-137A (a military Boeing 707 variant) | The stupendous but ill-fated Beech Starship | The desert sun has not been kind to the paint job | There’s no shady side |
| Posing under the Sikorsky CH-54A Tarhe (a.k.a. “Skycrane”) | How often do you get a chance to stand under a heavy-lift helicopter? | Speaking of helicopters | This Bell HTL-7 (trainer version of the 47J) looks a little odd without the main rotor blades | Walking through so many different helicopters in one place is really fun | Flynn and the Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard search and rescue amphibious helicopter (Coast Guard version of the S-62) |
| Can you spot the Guinness? | Close-up of the Seaguard | The museum has a whole building dedicated to the 390th Bombardment Group and their time in England during WWII | Flynn and Debra check out one of the displays | Three of the boys by the B-17 | It’s a bit dark, but there’s a radial engine behind them |
| The whole B-17 | The North American T-2C Buckeye. There are still a few Buckeyes in use, 50 years after they first went into service | The space gallery has lots of great stuff, including a place for the kids to play | Someone should tell Guinness he’s upside-down in his suit! | Flying the shuttle | Fueling up |
