So over Memorial Day I drove out (for the first time) to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Pat. Understand that I I used to teach (actually founded) a school focused on aerospace education, I was raised by a man who not only loved aircraft but loved the military… I have seen every John Wayne war movie made (except the one he played Genghis Khan). I’ve been to airshows since I was a kid. Poor Sue had to deal with me geeking out looking at the aircraft on display and knowing what most of them were without looking at the signage… yes, another area of geekiness. My favorite- The Curtis P-40 flown by the “Flying Tigers.” But then again, seeing the kites flown in WWI just amazes me.
What I thought was funny was once WWII was over, I really wasn’t as much of a geek. I knew the major players in Korea, Vietnam, and beyond, but my passion was WWI and WWII when airplanes were in their infancy. I blame Charles Schultz.
