The Wings of History Museum in San Martin, California

Wings of History Air Museum

Eric and I were offered a Tour by Merle, one of the volunteers.  We said yes and Merle walked us over to the Museum's main building where most of the collection of aircraft is on display.  

The Stinson Reliant SR-9

was built in the 1930s

& 1940s.

The Bowliss BA - 100

Baby Albatross Glider

has an open cockpit.

The Christen Eagle is a

BiWing Stunt Plane 

manufactured since the

1970s.

PAA (Pan American Airways)

is stitched on the pocket of

these 1940s Coveralls.

It is made of a very durable

fabric.

This Hiller UH-12E is a

recent acquisition.

A shot of the Pilot's seat

Peering in through an

open cockpit door

There's a stick for the

back seat passengers too.

Lambert Aircraft

Engine

There are many Aircraft Engines here.

Women in Aviation Display

I tell Merle how grateful I am to see the Display.  One of the few Female Pilots the general public is aware of is Amelia Earhart.  Her career in aviation was paved by many other women including Bessie Coleman.

The Dobbins Simcopter is

built to fly into the airport,

detach the car & drive to

your destination.

The red plane is the

Aerecona C - 3.

The white plane is the

Bowlus Super Albatross

Glider.

1946 Globe Swift CG - 1B

Merle points to this case -

British MK-XIV Bomb Sight

T1 Computer worked with the

MK-XIV Bomb Sight

American T-1 Bomb Sight

A World War I Handley Page

Bomber Front Section

Aercona Champ

Volmer Jensen VJ-21

Glider

A scale model of the 

Wright Flier

Eric and I told Merle about our visit to The Wright Brothers National Museum and the Wright Brothers Monument in North Carolina.

This Stahltaube is a replica

of the 1913 Plane.

Wires keep the wings stable.

A World War I Enlisted Man's

Uniform with Colt Aircraft Gun.

World War I Naval Officer

Uniform & Cap

MK-1A Bomb Sight

Radio Box, 25 lb Cooper

Bomb & other World

War I artifacts.

The front of a 1956 Vickers 

Viscount Turbo Prop

Airliner

The Cockpit

A photo of the Vickers

Viscount is mounted on

the door to the cabin 

of the plane.

Merle walks us over to The Prop Shop.  Damaged Propellors are built and damaged ones are repaired here.

A few of the custom made

Propellors built here

One of the large tools

at the Prop Shop

There are lots of tools

here.

Strips of wood are glued

together & shaped into a

Propellor.

Metal is added to the leading

edge of the Propellor.

The finished Propellors 

are sold to Vintage

Plane owners.

A selfie with Merle.

Eric and I thanked him for our Tour.  We recommend you visit Wings of History Air Museum in San Martin.

Visiting Googleplex (Google HQ) in Mountainview, California

Eric and I are staying in Morgan Hill, very close to Silicon Valley, which covers about 180 square miles.  As the epicenter of Tech Companies, we rely on daily we had a tough choice to make.  Eric and I decided to go to Mountain View to walk Google Headquarters Campus because it's where millions go daily to answer questions on everything and anything.

Google is everywhere,

including this street sign.

Bugdroid greets drivers,

employees & visitors.

Bollards are painted in

Google's signature colors -

Blue, Red, Orange, Blue,

Green, & Red

I like the Company's branding.

Volleyball, anyone?

I think all the visitors to

Googleplex take this

picture of their sign &

 the Dinosaur Skeleton.

Google chose to create

lanes for walkers &

bikers around Campus.

Eric & I admire the architecture.

Seating for employees to enjoy

their meals & breaks.

I like the building with 

many sloping rooves.

This is an interesting

art piece.

Eric admires the sunlit

designs.

A sculpture of a woman

It almost disappears when

viewed straight on.  

Curious Bear is so cool!

His fur is actually Pennies.

Visitors are challenged to

count them.

This piece of art is

titled GO.

Each black piece has a 

question on the white

side...

What is the craziest thing

you've ever done?

The Orb & me

There's plenty of room

inside the Orb for

visitors.

One last photo of Google's

colorful logo.

42 is the answer to

Life, the Universe

& Everything.

The screenshot of our

walk at Googleplex.

The next time we're at Morgan Hills RV Resort we'll visit Meta Headquarters, Apple Headquarters, or maybe Stanford University.