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Airman
Hey guys, I haven't been on here much but I thought I'd tease you all. I'm planning a day trip up to Washington, D.C. this coming Saturday. It's less than four hours from here by car so I will drive up early in the morning and drive back in the late afternoon or evening.
Anyway, the #1 item on my list of things to see is the new Dulles Annex of the National Air Space Museum. I've been to the main A&S Museum more times than I can count, but this new annex at Dulles airport I'm really looking forward to. The building itself is gigantic, designed after a German zeppelin hanger from the '30s. Inside the building are over 80 aircraft, including the re-assembled Enola Gay, a full SR-71 Blackbird, and the Space Shuttle Enterprise. (Used for glide testing in the '70s, never operational.) Also on display are an Air France Concorde, and the Dash-80 prototype of the Boeing 707.
WWII aircraft on display (besides the Enola Gay) include:
-F6F Hellcat
-FW-190
-P-40
-Hawker Hurricane
-Junkers Ju-52
-Kawanishi N1K2 "George"
-Kawanishi Ki-45 "Nick"
-Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning
-North American P-51C Mustang "Excalibur III"
-Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt
-Vought F4U-1D Corsair
-Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher
I'll also be visiting the main Air Space Museum, and the new National WWII Memorial. I'll be packing my 3.1 MP digicam and plenty of SD memory cards, so next week I should have lots of pics to share.
Anyway, the #1 item on my list of things to see is the new Dulles Annex of the National Air Space Museum. I've been to the main A&S Museum more times than I can count, but this new annex at Dulles airport I'm really looking forward to. The building itself is gigantic, designed after a German zeppelin hanger from the '30s. Inside the building are over 80 aircraft, including the re-assembled Enola Gay, a full SR-71 Blackbird, and the Space Shuttle Enterprise. (Used for glide testing in the '70s, never operational.) Also on display are an Air France Concorde, and the Dash-80 prototype of the Boeing 707.
WWII aircraft on display (besides the Enola Gay) include:
-F6F Hellcat
-FW-190
-P-40
-Hawker Hurricane
-Junkers Ju-52
-Kawanishi N1K2 "George"
-Kawanishi Ki-45 "Nick"
-Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning
-North American P-51C Mustang "Excalibur III"
-Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt
-Vought F4U-1D Corsair
-Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher
I'll also be visiting the main Air Space Museum, and the new National WWII Memorial. I'll be packing my 3.1 MP digicam and plenty of SD memory cards, so next week I should have lots of pics to share.