wings over the rockies air and space museum
as we were heading out of town, for jason, we went to the wings over the rockies air and space museum. we think it was in an old air force hangar.
the museum was in one huge open space with lots of airplanes.
my husband liked some of the airplanes, but was a little disappointed at the overall quality of the planes. he wished there had been some older planes (war birds). all of the planes were flown in the Vietnam War or more recently. we did get to see a Burt Rutan plane though! jason always likes seeing those! rutan was honored by the museum and that made jason very proud.
behind the planes, there were a variety of small rooms with particular focuses like uniforms of pilots and nose art. the rooms were a little dated, but the quality of the material was strong. i had seen a lot of nose art from world war II, and so it was interesting to see some of the more recent art. it seems that nose art has dwindled in prevalance since pilots no longer fly the same plane over and over. planes have become more "shared resources."
definitely worth a stop - i think jason enjoyed it, but would have loved more from it!
time in museum: 1 hr
times visited: 1
overall: B-
the museum was in one huge open space with lots of airplanes.
my husband liked some of the airplanes, but was a little disappointed at the overall quality of the planes. he wished there had been some older planes (war birds). all of the planes were flown in the Vietnam War or more recently. we did get to see a Burt Rutan plane though! jason always likes seeing those! rutan was honored by the museum and that made jason very proud.
behind the planes, there were a variety of small rooms with particular focuses like uniforms of pilots and nose art. the rooms were a little dated, but the quality of the material was strong. i had seen a lot of nose art from world war II, and so it was interesting to see some of the more recent art. it seems that nose art has dwindled in prevalance since pilots no longer fly the same plane over and over. planes have become more "shared resources."
definitely worth a stop - i think jason enjoyed it, but would have loved more from it!
time in museum: 1 hr
times visited: 1
overall: B-
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