Grumman X-29
You never know what you will find when you visit a new museum. This is just one of the surprises we found at the Air [...]
The Spirit of Flight
I have mentioned before how it feels to walk among our country's history of aviation at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. That special feeling [...]
Check Your Gauges
Airplanes are a lot like sports cars. They both have cool cockpits with lots of gauges. The more high performance the vehicle, the more gauges. [...]
Come Fly with Me
Aviation is one of those subject that perks my ears. They don't actually perk, mind you, but it gets my attention. Though I rarely [...]
Apollo Lunar Module
Some of our nation's finest moments were the Apollo Lunar landings in 1969 and early 1970s. Many of us remember watching the black and [...]
X-15 Rocket Plane
From my earliest memories as a child, I remember wanting to be an astronaut. I still do, but that's another story. One of my [...]
Enterprise
I write this post as the last shuttle flight is in progress. Atlantis is in space for the last shuttle flight. Ever. I’m a [...]
Battleship USS Alabama
For many years we have traveled through Mobile, Alabama on the way to Florida. And each year we said we would stop and tour [...]
The Enola Gay
Leaving Washington D.C., our family stopped at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport. This is an incredible museum and well [...]