We started the day at the Paine Art Center and viewed the Norman Rockwell collection. No pics allowed...so we have no pics. :) They had numerous Saturday Evening post covers (probably over 300.) They also had several original paintings, watercolors, and sketches which were used for the covers. The Paine Mansion which houses the art work shown from time to time, was quite impressive on it's own merits.
The day almost gone...we headed to the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) Museum. With only 45 minutes to closing, we were given a pass to come back on Monday. If you're thinking of visiting...2 suggestions. 1. Don't attend when the EAA fly-in is occuring. We don't think you could move with the extra thousands who fly in, or drive in for the week-long event. We missed it by a couple of days. "Whew." 2. Plan on at least one full day. We covered almost half the turf...and had to keep "moving on."
We picked a couple of shots that stood out for us. 1. The Wright brothers plan. 2.The first attempts to "fly free." 3. Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis. 4. WWII military plane with Awesome Kill statistics.
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You must understand, however, that the highlight of the entire event was Ron's opportunity to fly Maneuvers in a 1927 Travel Air E-4000. YaHoo!!!!!
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