Hello Down There!
Last Saturday we ended up going to the Air and Space Museum in Hampton!
It had a bunch of really cool exhibits and something for everyone to enjoy!
My favorite, the old planes. This bomber was used during WW2!
Above is where the pilot and copilot sit.
...and down here is where the gunner is stationed, right over the wheel and ammunition!
Dad and Jenny outside the full size model bomber where you sit and watch a quick film about WW2 bombing raids.
Jenny and Joshua using one of the flight simulators!
You can't really see it in this picture, but it really looks like you are flying on the screen!
Brian and I competed to see who had quicker reflexes. He beat me by .0025 seconds.
The good news is both of us could possibly be fighter pilots because of our lighting fast reflexes!
Here Leah is practicing landing planes on an aircraft carrier!
Joshua on the moon.
Brian and I played the biggest game of operation I have ever seen!
I won!
Dad read almost every sign in the place.
This is the Apollo 12 Command Module "Yankee Clipper".
It spent 10 days in space in 1969 (some would say that was the safest place to be in the 60's!)
This was the living space for the three man crew during their expedition.
Talk about close quarters!
Here's a helicopter similar to what flies over our house everyday!
Some of us climbed up to the observation deck to get an aerial view of all the planes!
The brave crew who made it up 4 flights of stairs!
Then we went to Mars and drove land rovers!
While at the museum Josh discover he wants to be a pilot...
and Dad discovered he really likes being an accountant
(they stay on the ground and don't have to worry about faulty landing gear!)
These flight attendant outfits were designed by Emilo Pucci in the 1960's. Groovy!
There was also an amazing exhibit on aircraft carriers, including models of the
USS Yorktown and the USS Ronald Reagan.
The Yorktown was put out of commission during WW2 and the Ronald Reagan was put into commission recently (2003?). The difference 60 years technology makes is astounding!
But the food still looked the same.
We celebrated Dad's birthday with bowling and a homemade Blanc Noir cake.
We went on a homeschool tour of Williamsburg. Dad, Josh and I went on the "Simple Machines" tour. Both found it fascinating, as you can tell from their facial expressions.
This man was making nails. They are used in restoration projects in CW. An average nail-smith in colonial days could make 1,000 nails a day. (Or something like that)
To appease Josh, I let him use my camera.
I just found the pictures and there were some strange shots, like the one above,
and some really cool ones, like this
and this.
