When going to an airplane museum I can only look at so many planes before my eyes glaze over. It helps when the museum lets you climb inside the planes. I think because then I can pretend in my mind what it would be like to fly in it or imagine the kind of people that flew in it.
I've lived near some large airplane museums in the past and even worked at one for several years in high-school. So for the most part I’m probably a little jaded when it comes to the “cool factor” of looking at rows and rows of planes.
The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the biggest in the country (I think also the world) and has several exhibits that I don’t mind returning multiple times. One of those is the Presidential Hanger. This airplane hangar houses 4 former Presidential Air Force One planes that you can walk through from the front to the back. The hangar also contains multiple helicopters and smaller jets that presidents have also used.
The historic events that have happened in some of these planes used by Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, FDR, JFK, and Johnson are amazing. You get the chance to walk where they walked and see where they ate and slept. Visiting the museum is completely free and it’s open every day of the year except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.
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