Saturday morning David took Grandpa Mike to the Presidential and R&D galleries at the Air Force Museum (which are located in a large hangar on the base itself). We were able to walk through many different planes that presidents since Franklin D. Roosevelt have used.
Below is "the" Air Force One, where Lydon B. Johnson was sworn in as president.
We also checked out the experimental planes in the Research & Development Gallery. David thought this one looked like a rocket ship. But much more exciting was the stroller we borrowed.
Next David took my dad out to Huffman Prairie, where the Wright Brothers learned to fly. (Yeah, yeah, the first flight was technically in Kittyhawk, North Carolina--but, besides inventing/building their crafts in Dayton, this is where they learned to be pilots and build controllable, practical planes. I used to be skeptical of Ohio's claim of being the "birthplace of aviation"--the first flight was in N.C., after all--but now I am a complete convert!)
Here is David explaining to Grandpa Mike how the Wright Brothers used a starting rail to get the plane up in the air.
Then it was back to the house for naps!
