Smithsonian Air and Space Museum - Washington DC

• Sep 29, 2016

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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.

 

• Sep 29, 2016

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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.

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

 

• Sep 29, 2016

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fantastic.....

 

• Sep 30, 2016

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Great shots Chris!

 

• Oct 2, 2016

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Yep, agreed, damn nice...

 

• Oct 2, 2016

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

 

• Oct 2, 2016

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

 

• Oct 4, 2016

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

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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.

 

• Oct 5, 2016

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Great shots there Chris!!!

 

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JRS-1 on display:

 

• Feb 29, 2024

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And latest restoration activities:

 

• Feb 29, 2024

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

....humm who could it be..

 

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

 

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

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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

 

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Good stuff!

 

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

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

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Beautiful shots!

 

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