We made it through the weekend! We had a quite busy Saturday and a lazy Sunday. More often than not, it’s during those lazy Sundays that the husband and I get to talk in between watching a movie. We talked about a possibility of going out of town this Memorial Day weekend again. Since two years ago, we’ve made little road trips on Memorial Day itself or on Memorial Day weekend. The husband always has a three-day weekend so we make sure to enjoy the extra bonding time.
We went to this historic little town of Marshall, North Carolina last year and we went to Toccoa, Falls and Currahee Military Museum the year before. Although he kind of agreed to where I want to go, the plans are still indefinite. To give you a hint of where I want to go, they have something like this. 😉
It was in October of 2012 when the husband surprised the little one with a trip to the city’s regional airport. Apparently, these World War II warbirds had a tour which was called Wings of Freedom Tour, and he read about it in the newspaper. These World War II warbirds arrived in the city from Georgia and were only here for a couple of days. He believed the little one would be delighted to see those World War II warbirds, and he wasn’t wrong.
B-17 Flying Fortress
It was our first time to see such aircraft. The little one was ecstatic and so was I. They were huge!
B-24 Liberator
The Liberator is bigger than the Flying Fortress. I think you can tell in the photos.
Those bombs were almost as big as my son. LOL.
I’ve never been in a cockpit before so although there was a limit to where I could stand, still it was exciting to be in that spot of an aircraft. This was the cockpit of the Flying Fortress.
Well, boys and their toys. He surely grabbed it as soon as he saw it and pretended like he was actually shooting.
This is the cockpit of the Liberator. It also has a barricade to stop people from going to the cockpit. I just slid my hand so I could take a much closer photo.
My husband found it very special to see the B-17. The bridge that crosses over the interstate leading to the airport is named in honor of Col.Robert K. Morgan, a native of our hometown. He was the commander of the famed B-17 Memphis Belle, only the second heavy bomber to complete twenty five bombing missions over Germany during WWII.
These two really checked every detail. I have to say it again, boys and their toys! I did enjoy myself taking photos of them. More than anything, I was amused of how it delighted them to see such big toys.
It is really good to see that they were able to preserve such stunning aircraft from World War II.
And if our plan to go to this place will materialize this coming Memorial Day weekend, I have no doubt the little one will be over the moon. I am keeping my fingers crossed that we get to go! 😉
That’s so cool. I love the old planes from World War Two.
That is so cool. My husband is an Air Force guy, so we’ve been in all the planes a million times. It’s so cool isn’t it?
I hope you get to go too! My son loves history, so he’d enjoy this. We do have somethings like this closer. We’ll have to make it a priority to go!
Even though I don’t know much about these planes, learning about their engineering and history would be fascinating. This sounds like an awesome place to visit.
I have a Brother in Law that would be very interested in this tour. I would also like to see it as my Dad was in WWll
My boys would love this! We all really enjoy visiting aviation museums, and these planes would not disappoint!
That looks like an incredible time, and learning experience! I think my guys would love that.
One of my grandsons loves planes, especially the old ones. He would love this tour. I can tell your son really had a good time!
What a cool thing to have a tour of! It must have been so cool to be able to go inside the plane as well.
This looks like some place I would have loved to go as a kiddo! I’d love to take my kids there too, but living in Northern Idaho it feels like there just aren’t great places to go like this.
What an amazing experience to get to see this planes like this! I love to see things like this when we travel.
Oh, how fun and exciting! I know that my son would enjoy something like this.
That is so cool. I love history and I enjoy these kinds of tours. I would have had a nice time at this freedom tour. We don’t have much of it here in PH.
What an amazing tour – I can’t believe they preserved everything so beautifully. I would love to take that tour, and my boys would too!
It’s great for your little one to visit a place like this so he can see first-hand how big the warbirds are. This is a good experience to tour inside! 🙂
How cool! My boys and husband would absolutely have a blast seeing these. I think u would too. My grandpa was in WW2 qnd my gram too so these would be neat to see!
What a cool place to experience. Our family loves visiting places and learning history.
This would be such an amazing thing to see in person! My husband and I are really into history and would love to see this!
I have never heard of this before, but it sounds pretty awesome! We always go to the air and sea show so I bet I would love this too!
My father in law who was in in the World War 2 would definitely love to see this! Great display and what an informative tour.
You’re right, boys never outgrow toys. The older they get too, the bigger the better. 😉
What an amazing tour! My father in law was a tailgunner on the Liberator. I bet my husband would love to see these aircrafts!!
This sounds like an awesome tour indeed to go on and I would so love to with my family. My grandfather fought in World War II. Thanks for shairng.
Oh how fun and educational for kids. I would love to take my daughter to see this.
Very cool. Would love to make a visit like that. Truly amazes me. Thank you for sharing.
My son would absolutely love this! Thank you so much for sharing!
Omg this looks like it was awesome! For some odd reason I was ww2 obsessed as a kiddo. The kid in me would of had a blast here!
Oh wow that looks so cool! My 7 year old son would be amaze to see that war bird right there! He would be all over checking how cool that is.
Thank you for sharing your trip there! How wonderful! My family would love a visit there too. They like aerial and ships, and lots of history! I remember we went to a huge aircraft carrier and was so fascinated during the tour!
My husband would love to see this up close and personal. I will have to see if we have some kind of similar event.
That. Is. Awesome!!! My kids would totally flip over something like this!
What a great opportunity to see those war planes up close. I”m sure my son would love that.
so very jealous. I love old WWII aircraft, even though I’m an Army guy. I’d have been just like your husband and son, all over everything.
I’m sure your little one though it was so cool that he was able to come on board that aircraft!
this looks like a place my son would enjoy visiting, too. i bet you all enjoyed the experience.
This looks like a fun tour! I love how it incorporates a history into it too, looks like you all had fun!