I just happened to be in Southern California when the Collings Foundation: Wings of Freedom Tour 2015 stopped at Orange County's John Wayne Airport for a few days. The historic aircraft were on display outside of the Lyon Air Museum and tours of the "Warbirds" were included in the museum entrance fee. For those with excess disposable income, short flights aboard the historic aircraft were also available for $450 each -- I decided the free interior aircraft tours were adequate.
Various WWII aircraft were also on display inside of the Museum, including a B-17 Flying Fortress, North American B-25 Mitchell, Douglas A-26 Invader, and a Douglas DC-3 Flagship Airliner. The Airliner brought back memories because I remembered taking a Grand Canyon sightseeing tour a number of years ago in a DC-3. The next weekend the plane crashed on takeoff and was totally destroyed.
Also on display were Hitler's 1939 Mercedes G4 Staff Car, several American made automobiles, military transportation vehicles and a number of motorcycles.
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