Chris, TJ and I recently visited the American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum right by DFW airport. It had a lot of interesting memorabilia, but the highlight of the museum was parked in the attached hangar.....a plane!
This was a refurbished plane that was originally commissioned during WWII. It was parked inside the museum and you could climb up inside of it and look around - SO COOL.
Here's the underbelly of the plane - something you don't often get to see!
I thought the outside made it look younger than it really was - it was so shiny and pretty on the outside...
Here's the back - a very cool plane....
When we went inside, the plane showed it's age. Here's the "Lavatory" - very old!!
The seating area was pretty standard, but it smelled really old and musty in there. I suppose that'll happen when a plane turns 65 years old or so and hasn't been in the air in years....
The cockpit area was fascinating - SO old and manual!
The console controller thing looked like some sort of old toy - amazing that this plane was flown in WWII with this simple little joystick-type things!
Look at the freaking ceiling of the cockpit! So primitive!
This plane would've NEVER passed safety standards that are in place now - here's the passageway from the main cabin to the cockpit...
These wires were exposed in that little hallway on the way up to the cockpit - doesn't look too safe or reliable to me! YIKES!
This plane alone was worth the entrance price to the museum!
Here's TJ by a big engine-type piece (I'm no engineer!)...
Landing gear always looks so tiny on planes, but those 'little' wheels are actually pretty big! Here's Chris with a landing gear wheel....
Here are the boys examining an engine...
And here is a 'fake' cockpit that shows the new technology that pilots have....
They have a lot more screens with graphics, rather than gear shifters and manual buttons. Much more technology than that old WWII plane, that's for sure!
Chris, TJ and I recently visited the American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum right by DFW airport. It had a lot of interesting memorabilia, but the highlight of the museum was parked in the attached hangar.....a plane!
This was a refurbished plane that was originally commissioned during WWII. It was parked inside the museum and you could climb up inside of it and look around - SO COOL.
Here's the underbelly of the plane - something you don't often get to see!
I thought the outside made it look younger than it really was - it was so shiny and pretty on the outside...
Here's the back - a very cool plane....
When we went inside, the plane showed it's age. Here's the "Lavatory" - very old!!
The seating area was pretty standard, but it smelled really old and musty in there. I suppose that'll happen when a plane turns 65 years old or so and hasn't been in the air in years....
The cockpit area was fascinating - SO old and manual!
The console controller thing looked like some sort of old toy - amazing that this plane was flown in WWII with this simple little joystick-type things!
Look at the freaking ceiling of the cockpit! So primitive!
This plane would've NEVER passed safety standards that are in place now - here's the passageway from the main cabin to the cockpit...
These wires were exposed in that little hallway on the way up to the cockpit - doesn't look too safe or reliable to me! YIKES!
This plane alone was worth the entrance price to the museum!
Here's TJ by a big engine-type piece (I'm no engineer!)...
Landing gear always looks so tiny on planes, but those 'little' wheels are actually pretty big! Here's Chris with a landing gear wheel....
Here are the boys examining an engine...
And here is a 'fake' cockpit that shows the new technology that pilots have....
They have a lot more screens with graphics, rather than gear shifters and manual buttons. Much more technology than that old WWII plane, that's for sure!
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