June 21 Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum

In our many drives up and down I95 we've seen the 8th Air Force Museum from the interstate.  This time we decided to stop in.  We left Savannah after breakfasting with the Girl Scouts and National Guard and drove the 20 minutes out to the interstate and the museum.

 The WW2 B-17 City of Savannah is the primary display item in the museum.  They are actively restoring the plane, for display and not for flight.  We were lucky visiting on a Wednesday since that's the day that the restorers, all volunteers and good old boys, are at the museum.  Attendance was light.

 I got a personal tour of the B-17 interior from one of the restorers, and later a tour of the machine shop where they do their restoration work.  The guys who flew the B17 had to be much younger and thinner than I am.  The bomber is cramped, crowded and filled with sharp angles and protrusions.

 This B-47 is visible from the interstate.  That's why we visited.

The museum has a few other planes, and lots of storytelling exhibits.

Worth the stop.  Particularly when the restorers are around to give you the inside tour.