Tyler, Texas Air Show 2013

Wow what a show.  We were able to tour the museum and see  a B-17, B-24,P-51 Mustang, and a German Messerschmitt fly in to the show.  Before landing, the bombers flew right overhead.  Later, we were able to go on the bombers.  Met a lot of interesting people.  Lots of veterans.  We spent some time talking to a man who was 17 when he was captured and put into a German prisoner of war camp.  He told us how a German Messerschmitt flew over their camp.  This caused their moral to sink while the moral of the Germans rose.  The prisoners thought that the plane would help the Germans win the war.  He told us how he was freed when Patton’s tanks arrived at their camp.  He was very interesting to talk to.  Another man was there who was a co-pilot in a B-26 when a Messerschmitt flew right past them.  We were also able to see the planes that are part of the museum.  All in all, a fantastic day.

B-17 flying overhead

B-24 with a P-51 Mustang coming in

Messerschmitt coming in for a landing

co-pilot of a B-26 that met a Messerschmitt during WWII

He was a 17 year old prisoner of war when a Messerschmitt flew over his POW camp.

Messerschmitt

P-51 Mustang

b-17

Corpus Christ Science and History Museum 2013

The Corpus Christi Science and History Museum has a lot of different exhibits.  The exhibits include the reproductions of the pinta, and the Santa Maria which sailed to many American ports on the anniversary of Columbus’s trip to the Americas.  We were able to go aboard one ship.  Interesting that the crew all stayed on the deck as the cargo took up the bottom hold.  Other exhibits in the museum come from some of the ships that wrecked in the Gulf.  Small museum, but had a great time with my friend Jan seeing what the museum had to offer.

 

Santa Maria

Arabian blunderbuss, not very accurate, but very deadly