Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Snoopy and The Red Baron!

Yes, it's Snoopy!  What would an Air Museum be without Snoopy! 


We're finishing up our Fort Abercrombie day at the Fargo Air Museum and having an impressive time of it.  There's lots to see and (yea!) lots to read.  We're both going crazy taking pictures.  Pictures are good, but you really need to personally go to an air museum to understand just how big - and how small! - some of these planes and helicopters are.  For instance, this MASH helicopter:


We're probably all familiar with the TV series, "MASH."  This helicopter looks a LOT smaller than the one we always saw on TV.  Can you imagine being wounded and strapped to the OUTside of this lil' feller?  How spooky would that be?!

Look at Granpa standing on the other side of this plane.  It is so small!  But it really is pretty - a bit more aerodynamic than the MASH 'copter.  I think this is the one that came to the guys house in bits and pieces as a kit, and he had to put it together.  Can you imagine...


They even have a Graphotype machine that was used to make dogtags for military airmen.  Why, here in Fargo they have a whole...


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