Day 42 - (11/05) Pensacola, FL

Wednesday - We toured the National Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola Naval Air Station today. The experience was made extra special because of Glen and Janice Monks. Both are volunteers at the museum and Janice is Carol's classmate from their days at Bexley High School. They’re part of a team of 300 volunteers that work to provide the most complete and beautifully presented aircraft display we’ve seen.

Glen gave a personal, behind-the-scenes tour of the restoration center. They do an amazing job of turning sunken, shot-up, broken aircraft into real beauties. If parts can’t be restored or don’t exist, they make them!

We saw all the planes Dick worked with at North American Aviation 40 years ago.

• OV10 – Bronco (restoration nearly complete, ready for painting)
• RA5C – Vigilante (on the flight line)
• T2B – Buckeye (on the flight line)
• T28 – Texan (restored, in the museum)

The internet connection here is unreliable and slow. We’ll post pictures separately.

We're off to Tallahassee tomorrow