Away we go!

One of Alec's current favorite books is Flying Machines, and since he was reading it over breakfast on Saturday, we decided to go to the Hiller Aviation Museum that we've been passing for years on 101. What a hit - we had a great time.

They have reconstructed and real, restored planes and helicopters from the beginning of flight to the present. Many of them were made in the Bay Area, including the Avitor (1869), which wins the award for the most quirky-looking, and a plane from around 1912 made by 15-year old twin brothers in SF based on images that they saw in papers. There are lots of helicopters, which is what Mr. Hiller designed and manufactured, and a Boeing SST, which was meant to rival the Concorde. These photos are all taken in the nose of a decommissioned 747.

Would you trust this pilot?

Later that day we met B and R at this kid-friendly venue, but Alec told me that he preferred the plane museum.