One thing I did not realize about the Lunar Rover, is that it has wire-mesh tires! I thought for some reason that they would be regular tires, like on a regular car. Then someone pointed out that regular tires would blow-up, I then realized, that that makes sense. Duh...
My dad reassured me that it wasn't. This is kind of something you might see in an old James Bond movie. There is even footage of the thing flying. At one time they advertised it as "A Plane in Every Garage." It is a car, that flies. The wings can be folded down, and taken off, so it can be driven like a regular car... so weird.
There are several other cool airplanes and things I could describe, but you should really see it for yourself. I have a ton of photos, but they really do not do the museum justice.
Overall, we had a great time, and I would like to go back and look around some more.
sounds cool... sounds like you had a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteThere is an aviation museum somewhere near Portland (Beaverton, maybe?), that's where Howard Hughes flying boat "The Spruce Goose" is... I really want to see that, someday :)
what is the admission for the Seattle Museum of Flight?
We really did. My dad went to that one in Oregon somewhere, and he went and saw "The Spruce Goose" (I'm so jealous! Lol). He was quite impressed by that museum. Someday, I would like to go to that museum as well.
ReplyDeleteThe admission for the "Museum of Flight" is $14 for adults, and $13for seniors, and I cannot remember how much for children, but they looked like they were having a lot of fun!
Fortunately, for me, the Bartell Drug store was offering free passes to the museum for the dads on Father's Day, so I actually got two for the price of one!
Oh... and I think I read online, on Thursday nights, from 5-9pm the museum is free? I am not certain but you can check it out!