WWII Weekend! June 2-4!!

In a few weeks, the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum (www.maam.org) will hold its landmark World War II weekend, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Here's the URL:

http://www.maam.org/maamwwii.html

I've been attending for seven years straiht now, and have never failed to have a wonderful time. Here are some of the cool things worth experiencing:

- Flying examples of period aircraft, such as a B-17, B-24, P-38, P-47, P-51, Val, and dozens of others.
- Re-enactors of German and US forces, with a French village shootout reconstruction!
- Dozens of other men and women in period outfits.
- Veterans of the Ploeste raid and Pearl Harbor, among others, sharing their experiences.
- Home front reconstructions, from period kitchens to cars and even radio broadcasts.
- Displays by veteran and other groups.
- Dozens of tanks, trucks, half-tracks, and camp installations. Awesome stuff!
- Flyovers by B-17s and other planes.
- More vendors of more cool stuff than you can shake a stick at.
- The museum's loving-restored P-61 Black Widow has made great progress, and will be on landing gear display this year!

My children have loved it, my father has, and I have. The ambience is total: when you pay your entrance fee, they stamp "Buy War Bonds" on your hand!

Registration can be done at the gate. Parking is ample, wih regular buses ferrying you in and out. If you have the slightest interest in WWII, the period, or its people, you will love this weekend.