Possibly apocraphal story about Enola Gay display

Some up close displays of, for example, the cockpits would have been
tres cool. Just looking at the exteriors of planes just wasn't enough
for me, although I could've spent all day looking at the blackbird
(that thing was HUGE).

It's nice to be a journalist. I got to sit in the cockpit of the
AD/A-1 Skyraider at Pensacola, got the full tour of the B-36
Peacemaker at Wright-Patt, and likewise sat in the cockpit of the B-47
at New England Air Museum.

Small museums are great, while I was walking around NE Air Museum at
Windsor Locks, I noticed that there was a stairs set beside the
Corsair on display. I asked the docent about this, and he said that
every week? they had tours for schoolkids so they could sit in the
cockpit. I went into major whine mode, and sure enough he gave me the
nod to climb in. I could never have pulled that off at NASM.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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