Smithsonian Air and Space Museum - Washington DC

[Airframes]

Great stuff Chris, and that P-38 certainly looks authentically worn.
IF I ever get to the 'States, that's one place that'll be at the top of my 'Must see' list.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Great stuff Chris, and that P-38 certainly looks authentically worn.
IF I ever get to the 'States, that's one place that'll be at the top of my 'Must see' list.

The P-38 and the Me 163 are both unrestored. They are display until restoration though.

 

[parsifal]

fantastic.....

 

[Gnomey]

Great shots Chris!

 

[Wayne Little]

Yep, agreed, damn nice...

 

[rochie]

Great pics Chris, agree with Tsrry, i would love to visit

 

[Bernhart]

love that museum, my daughter really like the Emilia Earhart exhibit

 

[nuuumannn]

Seeing the Do-335 next to the Ar-234 sure puts it in perspective how large of an aircraft it is.

Yep, the one thing that surprised me was how small the Arado is. It's not very big. No wonder it was such a slippery thing.

 

[Micdrow]

Great shots there Chris!!!

 

[GTX]

JRS-1 on display:

 

[GTX]

And latest restoration activities:

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

Looking at the work desks i am strangely reminded of a certain member here.

....humm who could it be..

 

[mjfur]

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[Crimea_River]

I didn't know they were restoring an IL-2.

 

[mjfur]

I didn't know they were restoring an IL-2.

https://airandspace.si.edu/air-and-space-quarterly/summer-2022/flying-tank

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/preparing-restore-%E2%80%9Cconcrete-plane%E2%80%9D

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!

 

[Tony Kambic]

I didn't know they were restoring an IL-2.

Yesterday the fuselage is out of the paint shop and a test fitting of the wings.

Tony

 

[Viking1066]

Beautiful shots!

 

[Wurger]