Day 7: Aviation

We had a great day today. Even though we slept very late. Lon feels so much better!  Mark found me an AT&T store and I got my phone fixed, so we are now connected to the world again.
Starting Mileage: 2566.7

Since we were in Dayton, I thought we should see some of the first flight. Sadly, we went 30 miles out of our way for a closed museum.  The garmin does not give you anything but directions, and the brochure I looked at did not tell me that they were only open on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It was a nice drive.

The garmin does have a small glitch. I found the National Aviation Museum on the list and hit GO! Well, it takes you downtown to the Visitor's Bureau.  No where near anything aviation related.  However, the nice lady behind the counter had a new brochure that listed addresses. I typed in the address and it got us here. Lon got his National Parks Passport stamped.  First one this trip! And the best part, the museum was free!

Even though the front of the museum has been preserved to look like the rest of the neighborhood, the back is expanded and modern.

In front of the Wright Flyer reproduction.  Lon thought it was pretty cool

Parachute Man!

He was not sure he could sit in the ejection seat. They did not have a sign saying no touch.

Across the street at the Cycle Shop. Lon was so amazed they could make a plane out of bicycle parts.

Operating the pitch on the wings with a bicycle handlebar.

Reading about what bicycle parts went into the Wright Flyer. He read every part of it. He was so impressed with how they made the flyer

Time to get on the road.

Love that art.  Don't know why it is red on the bottom.
As far as my history bits, it is the Wright Brothers.

Ohio

Stuck in traffic in Columbus. Why, I still have not figured it out. Even though Lon has a new Nintendo 3DS, he is playing with his new Wright Flyer. I LOVE my boy!  The fact that impressed him the most about the Flyer is that the propellers pushed the plane.  Not like the prop planes now.  Lon and I stopped at an Antique Mall. The Heart of Ohio. It was super fun, we saw alot of things we have. Found a ton we wanted,  but did not buy. Lon wanted trucks and I found some wonderful milk glass, but they stayed in the shop. I did get some Christmas Hankies for my Christmas quilt. Only about 24 left to find!  Lon got a box to keep some treasures in and a really cool lion architectural thing.
We stopped for gas in Bethlehem, West Virginia. 
Mileage 28150 11.32 gallons at $3.44

I have always liked this railroad bridge on the way into Pittsburgh!

The church on the way out to New Kensington. Lon thought it was cool. I do too. I do not think they have services there anymore. It is on a really busy road, no parking, and the door opens right out on to the highway. Lon took this photo

This is a great photo that Lon took. Looking out from the bridge to New Kensington.The C. L. Schmitt Bridge.
History Bit:
New Kensington was founded in 1891. In 1890, the Burrell Improvement Company considered the advantages of the level land south of its home in Lower Burrell, and deemed it a prime location for a city and named the area "Kensington" (later changed to "New Kensington" for postal purposes, because Pennsylvania already had another city with that name). In an attempt to make New Kensington comparable to Pittsburgh, the streets were named with numbers. Avenues ran parallel to the river, while streets were perpendicular. 4th and 5th were the main commercial streets.
Once the land was surveyed, a public sale was held on June 10, 1891. Thousands of people flooded the area and investors began bringing industry with them. The first large company was the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, which later became Alcoa. They acquired a 3.5-acre (14,000 m2) property that allowed the company to utilize the riverfront.
Eventually, such other companies as Adams Drilling, Goldsmith and Lowerburg, New Kensington Milling, New Kensington Brewing, Logan Lumber, Keystone Dairy, and many more were built late in the 19th century and continuing into the early 20th century. Early achievements included a railroad station, the 9th Street bridge, a passenger boat that navigated the Allegheny River, a street car line that ran to Natrona via the West Penn Railways, the Kensington Dispatch newspaper, a fire department, hotel, opera house, and a local chapter of the YMCA.
In 1941, New Kensington became the site of a modern workers' housing project—named the Aluminum City Terrace—designed by Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius, which set new standards for federal housing design. Breuer and Gropius ascribed to the famous Bauhaus School of Design in Germany. Intended for Alcoa defense workers, it was subsequently used to rehouse displaced residents from other parts of the city. In 1948, tenants from the Terrace decided to purchase the housing project from the U.S. government to form a co-op, managed by a Board of Directors, elected by representatives from the 250 units. Relatively low-cost monthly fees continue to cover the costs of running the Terrace.
Today, New Kensington contains the neighborhoods of Parnassus, Mount Vernon, Valley Heights, Valley Camp, Pine Manor, and 40 Acres.

My Grandmother's old house. It looks so different.

My Great Grandmother's house.
After this we went down to the Eat N' Park for dinner. It was good, big portions, small prices. All this month, kids meals are 99 cents. Including their desserts.  Our entire meal came to $14.48. I had chicken parmagain, and a slice of pie!