Cavanaugh Flight Museum

Today we ventured out to Addison, Texas for a tour at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum with some other homeschool families. I will admit that I wasn't exactly sure what to expect, being that I am not way into airplanes, but I must say that it was pretty neat. I would definitely go back and walk through it again. They had planes from WWI & II, Vietnam War and the Gulf War. Most of the planes are still in working order, which is pretty amazing. All of the kids were very attentive on the tour and Jase asked the guide many great questions.

The museum had 4 large hangers for plane storage and an outdoor area with planes as well. I was impressed by the amount of planes they had on display.

The kids got to get into a real Army helicopter or also called a Huey. This Huey was used in the Vietnam War. I enlarged the facts on this Huey two pictures below, I hope you are able to read...pretty interesting!

And someone decided to finally wake up!!

Notice the name of the plane below: Spitfire Mark. Jase noticed that plane's name. Our street is Spitfire and he thought that was neat!

For the most part, Finn stayed with the group on the tour. From time to time he thought he had special privileges and would wander behind the chains! And once or twice he was trying to get inside some old cars they had on display. Ha!

Fun Facts: All Army helicopters are named after Indian tribes {i.e. Blackhawk, Iroquois}. All of the wings on Navy planes fold up because there is not a lot of room on the aircraft carriers for storage.

Below are some clips from the tour today. We had a great morning learning about our country's history.