Don't miss Family Fun Day at Mesa's Commemorative Air Force Museum from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 11. There will be fun and educational experiences for all ages!

The museum will offer reduced admission of $5 per person or $10 for a family group of four (children age 5 and under are free). Special reduced admission is sold at the door only. Annual pass holders are admitted free. For information call (480) 924-1940 or visit www.azcaf.org.

Activities will include:
* Hands-on flight simulator sponsored by Mesa Chapter 228 of the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA)
* Aviation technology challenge (ages 12 and under)
* 60,000 square feet of unique war planes and exhibits commemorating vital events and people in history

At 1 p.m. Dr. Ettie Zilber will give a special presentation From Liberation and Loss to Love, Lemonade and Laughter about how her parents and thousands of other Jewish displaced persons were liberated at the end of World War II.

 

The flightline will be very active with living history flights available for purchase in two wartime aircraft including the famous B-25 Mitchell bomber and the AT-6 Army Texan/SNJ Navy fighter trainer. Watch them take off and land from our flight ramp or purchase a flight for yourself online at azcaf.org.