thedrifter
09-28-07, 08:04 AM
Posted on Fri, Sep. 28, 2007
Military vehicles converge on museum for open house
BY PHYLLIS JACOBS GRIEKSPOOR
The Wichita Eagle
Military vehicles from World War II to Desert Storm will be on display at the Kansas Aviation Museum this weekend, as the Mid-Kansas Military Vehicle Preservation Association stages a rally during an open house.
The vehicles are privately owned and maintained by members of the club, which spokesman Bob Brubaker describes as "like a car club only with military vehicles."
Displays will include the little Jeeps used in World War II, big cargo trucks used in Vietnam and Desert Storm and everything in between.
A separate encampment, set up by the newly formed Vietnam living history group the Last Patrol, will feature communications and headquarters tents, a motor pool and a Huey helicopter on loan from the Kansas Museum of Military History in Augusta.
Brubaker said the group includes veterans from various eras, including Vietnam, as well as non-veterans who are committed to preserving and displaying an accurate picture of the life soldiers led during the war.
"The idea is to insure that we never forget what our soldiers of that era endured," he said.
Several of the museum's static display airplanes will be open for tours, including a KC-135 tanker and the B-29 bomber "Doc," which is being restored.
The Kansas Aviation Museum, 3350 S. George Washington Blvd., will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday at no charge for visitors who wish to see the museum's indoor exhibits.
Color guards and drill teams will perform, as will the Tornado Alley Young Marines, who will stage a re-creation of the flag raising at Iwo Jima.
There will be a number of vendor booths at the show, including food booths, the GI Rose surplus store and a tent featuring military radios.
Several members of the Mid-Kansas Military Vehicle Preservation Association and the Last Patrol are ham radio operators, and they will demonstrate how their equipment works.
The outdoor encampments and demonstrations will continue Sunday, but the museum will not be open.
Reach P.J. Griekspoor at 316-268-6660 or at pgriekspoor@wichitaeagle.com.
Ellie
Military vehicles converge on museum for open house
BY PHYLLIS JACOBS GRIEKSPOOR
The Wichita Eagle
Military vehicles from World War II to Desert Storm will be on display at the Kansas Aviation Museum this weekend, as the Mid-Kansas Military Vehicle Preservation Association stages a rally during an open house.
The vehicles are privately owned and maintained by members of the club, which spokesman Bob Brubaker describes as "like a car club only with military vehicles."
Displays will include the little Jeeps used in World War II, big cargo trucks used in Vietnam and Desert Storm and everything in between.
A separate encampment, set up by the newly formed Vietnam living history group the Last Patrol, will feature communications and headquarters tents, a motor pool and a Huey helicopter on loan from the Kansas Museum of Military History in Augusta.
Brubaker said the group includes veterans from various eras, including Vietnam, as well as non-veterans who are committed to preserving and displaying an accurate picture of the life soldiers led during the war.
"The idea is to insure that we never forget what our soldiers of that era endured," he said.
Several of the museum's static display airplanes will be open for tours, including a KC-135 tanker and the B-29 bomber "Doc," which is being restored.
The Kansas Aviation Museum, 3350 S. George Washington Blvd., will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday at no charge for visitors who wish to see the museum's indoor exhibits.
Color guards and drill teams will perform, as will the Tornado Alley Young Marines, who will stage a re-creation of the flag raising at Iwo Jima.
There will be a number of vendor booths at the show, including food booths, the GI Rose surplus store and a tent featuring military radios.
Several members of the Mid-Kansas Military Vehicle Preservation Association and the Last Patrol are ham radio operators, and they will demonstrate how their equipment works.
The outdoor encampments and demonstrations will continue Sunday, but the museum will not be open.
Reach P.J. Griekspoor at 316-268-6660 or at pgriekspoor@wichitaeagle.com.
Ellie