Day 13 - Commemorative Air Force Museum

My friend at the Mesa tourism office, Visit Mesa, hooked us up with some passes to the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, AZ.

This museum shows historic planes and teaches some of the navy history of past wars. I found the history of the planes fascinating. My 5 kids (ages 9, 6, 5, 2, and under 1) enjoyed getting a close-up look at the planes, engines, and bombs. This museum is somewhat small and not very interactive for young ones, so we didn't last here for too long (about an hour)... Read my full review on Trekaroo.com here)

 There was a B-17 that actually flew in WWII on display outside that we got to go inside of. We tried to count the number of guns and thought there were 7 but we missed about half because there were actually 13! For $850 you can ride in the gunner seat in the nose of the plane while it flies around Mesa. Anyone wanna spot me a thousand bucks?

These the the planes the kids were most interested in. Mostly the fought over who got to ride next instead of looking at the super cool and historical planes surrounding them. I did force them to take a break and walk around the exhibits with me for a while. I think at least Kids One & Two learned something.