Today, we first went to the USS Entrepid Sea Air Space Museum. This was an aircraft carrier docked at Manhattan which had first served in WWII, then refitted for jets and served in the Cold War as anti-russian submarine support, as Primary Recovery Vessel for astronauts from the Gemini 3 mission and on during Vietnam before becoming a museum. It was then used as the FBI Headquarters during the 9/11 Investigations.
The highlight for me was seeing (and touching!) a Blackbird SR-71 - high altitude reconaissance aircraft. This one was clocked at Mach 3.6 at 95,000 ft altitude.
Also, the original Iwo Jima statue of marines raising the US Flag. Not bad.
We did a 2hr cruise today around the Southern half of Manhattan, including Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Had a very entertaining cruise guide Dave, who provided a good historical perspective as well as modern developments of most of Manhattan. Well worth the cruise if you get the chance!
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