We had a special tour guide; the stepdad of one of our best friends in Atlanta is a docent at the Air Zoo (small world, no?) and he graciously came in on his day off to show us around. He was a wealth of information and could tell us how each plane came to land at the Zoo.
The kids enjoyed seeing the planes but they especially enjoyed the simulators. My dad flew Rebecca because she didn’t want to go upside down. That’s about the only way Michael and Amy flew the thing! As we waited I could hear Michael and Amy giggling from inside the box; if I’d been in there I’d have thrown up on the spot. They were upside down more than right-side up.
Unfortunately I forgot my camera so I had to rely on my iPhone’s camera. These shots aren’t the greatest but at least I got some.
A picture from the balcony looking out at the exhibit floor.
Michael was pleased the Air Zoo also included a few cars, like this '32 Ford...
and this MG.
In addition to the history of flight the Air Zoo has an exhibit dedicated to space travel. This is an example of dehydrated food that would be on the Space Shuttle. Glad to see NASA has good taste in breakfast foods...
and beverages!
Examining how astronauts get cleaned up.
Our patient docent, Bill!
Now we need to find time to go back so I can go . . . : )
ReplyDeleteI think the Gilmore car museum may be nearby, too.
Leave it to Sean to connect the Air museum with another CAR one!!
ReplyDeleteSo, what was the breakfast food??
I'm glad you guys got to go - it looks like a great place!
Jill - click on the picture and it will enlarge for you. The label says, "Grits w/ Butter."
ReplyDeleteWe went there about 10 years ago--I remember it was a pretty cool place.
ReplyDeleteI think your first picture is really good.
The "MG" looks like Bertie Wooster's car.
We took the boys this summer and they LOVED it. Especially all of the WWII artifacts. Okay, I loved that part too. :)
ReplyDeleteAmity - it was really cool!
ReplyDeleteHeidi - I should have known you and the boys had been there - like you said, amazing WWII artifacts. We could have spent another day just looking at those.
The Air Zoo was a favorite of ours although we had not managed to go in several years. Enjoyed seeing the photos and can just imagine Michael and Amy giggling their way through a lot of tricky maneuvers in the simulator. Did you buy any of the freeze-dried space goodies in the gift shop?
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