Traveling back in time....

Monday, December 27th

Hill Air Force Base Museum

My Grandpa Ford has been volunteering at the Hill Air Force Base Museum for around 5 years now.  Trav and I had never been and Trav had said many times previously that he wanted my grandpa to give us a tour.  My Grandpa only volunteers on Monday until it closes at 4:30PM, so we hadn't had a chance to go.  On a last minute whim we decided to go to the museum during our Christmas Break.  My Grandpa gave us a tour of the first hanger, which included a lot of planes from WWI and WII and then told us about some of the guys who were honored  with plaques on the hallway down to the next hanger.  He did tell us of a story when him and his friend went riding before he got engaged to Grandma and the friend ended up clipping the wing on a power line.  They basically had to land with one wing and somehow they made it. 

 Once we got into the second wing, Grandpa followed us around, but had one of his friends, who also volunteers, give us a very detailed tour of  the planes that were newer than WWII.  This guy had tons of flying hours and had actually flown some of the models of planes that were in the museum.  It was so awesome to hear his person experiences and how amazing these planes are!!!  I definitely didn't understand all the terms, but I learned a lot!

This was Trav's favorite plane.  It was hard to get good pictures in the hangers.

This was my favorite plane.  It kind of looked like a stealth fighter and it was the fastest one.

A plane that one of the Presidents rode in.  I can't remember which one.

It was so fun to get a personal tour from my Grandpa and I'm so glad we took the time to go when we could.   On a side note, ,my Grandpa Ford has his pilot license and has always been fascinated with airplanes.  He is currently building a 2-seater in his garage for a hobby and one day my cousin, who follows in my Grandpa's love for airplanes, is going to fly it. I didn't realize that a free museum could be that awesome!  If you haven't gone, you should for sure go!  Thanks Grandpa for sharing with us a glimpse of what you love so much!