Sunday Eric and I decided to go to the aviation museum on Post (Ft. Rucker). It was very exciting since I've never really been that close to so many different aircrafts...and my very own tour guide made it really enjoyable as well as informative.
Man- if you think that in just 100 years we went from bicycle-wheeled- paper-kite-like constructions to superfast, sometimes even unmanned, computerized, gigantic or super small flying machines. If it weren't for those inventions Eric and I would probably have never met. Thanks Mr. and Mr. Wright!!!
Here's a huuuuuuge helicopter- the ...... ( I still have to ask Eric for it's name, sorry)...it had a big jeep coming out of it's belly under the cockpit!!!:
The museum also had the helicopter which transported many presidents of the past (like Eisenhower, Nixon or Kennedy)- "Army 1":
Here's Eric in/with a Chinook, that transports soldiers/cargo (he and his students flew in this aircraft while working at Ft.Louis in the summer):
...and with "his" Apache:
Here's a helicopter that rescued the wounded in the Vietnam war - it's unbelievable, the patients were strapped onto strechers which were attached to the outside of the aircraft:
And here're some fun pics of old/newer but still old simulators:
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