Kennedy's Plane

On February 26, 1999, I rented a car and drove to Dayton, Ohio, which is a bit more than an hour from Columbus. My purpose? I wanted to visit the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Field. The museum itself is excellent, featuring historic planes from World War I onward and providing a great glimpse into the history of the youngest of America's armed services, from its inception as the Army Air Force to the present.

The picture above was actually taken inside one of the hangers on the base at Wright-Patterson. At the museum, you can request a base pass, and inside this hanger you can see several historic airplanes. This is a picture of the tail of Air Force One. This particular plane was in use all the way through the George Bush years in the early 1990s. It was also the plane which carried Kennedy back from Dallas in 1963. Visitors can actually go into the plane and see the seats that were removed to accommodate Kennedy's casket.