Pigtails and Shotgun Shells: Wings of Freedom

I love to surprise my kids. Who doesn't? So, when Hot Husband informed me that Wings of Freedom would be bringing 3 vintage airplanes to a local airport I knew I would have to take Rylan. The P51 Mustang & B17 Flying Fortress are his 2 all time favorite planes and low and behold those were 2 of the 3 planes on display! The third plane was a B24 Liberator.

I didn't tell him where we were going, just that we were headed in the vicinity of the Gulf. More than a half mile from the airport he spotted them on the tarmac & freaked out right there in my truck. It was fantastic! He knew exactly what they were from the highway & started begging me to turn towards the airport so he could get a closer look. He had no idea it was our final destination anyway. His cousin, Madison, came with us.

Rylan had a smile from ear to ear the entire time & loved the fact we were able to go inside the planes as well. As you can see he had a good time pretending to shoot the guns, although he did point out how "unsafe" they were because you could shoot off the tail of the airplane.

He thought the bombs were "awesome!"

Madison got in on the action as well. She & I decided the seats looked way to uncomfortable to hang out for any length of time. Plus, I pointed out the fact there was no insulation on that aircraft & was a little too breezy for us. We would not have made a good WWII crew!