Guarding the front door is this very tired Republic Thunderstreak...
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Many of the great "Thunder" series of military aircraft first took to the sky from this very field, en route to combat in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam
You're in the midst of this marvelous collection right away; by the time you go through that door you're firmly in the past.
A very detailed tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, who never lost a bomber and also scored very well on ground attacks... that is a very large fiberglass replica Mustang.
There is just so much stuff here, including some of the finest models and dioramas I've ever seen.
Next: part 2
