Air & Space Museum

bobs66440 · July 30, 2011, 06:56:56 AM

We went to DC over the weekend and stopped by the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. Very cool place. A lot of historic exhibits nicely displayed. Here are a few pics for you aviation fans!

bobs66440 · July 30, 2011, 06:57:56 AM

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Last pic is a very rare Wright Bros. bicycle.

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bobs66440 · July 30, 2011, 07:01:01 AM

The first pic is a 1928 Ford Tri-Motor . My dad and I went to the EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh one year and took a ride in one. Awesome time!

bobs66440 · July 30, 2011, 07:02:02 AM

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BrianShaughnessy · July 30, 2011, 07:11:43 AM

Thanks Bob

It's definitely a must see if anybody ever gets a chance to go to DC. I know I enjoyed it immensely

Brock Lee · July 30, 2011, 07:35:20 AM

It is amazing to see what mankind achieved in less than 100 years.

Richard Cranium · July 30, 2011, 10:09:47 AM

Excellent pictures. I got to go there someday!!!!

Quote from: Brock Lee on July 30, 2011, 07:35:20 AM
It is amazing to see what mankind achieved in less than 100 years.

68X426 · July 30, 2011, 12:26:47 PM

Great stuff Bob, thank you so much for posting.

AKcharger · July 30, 2011, 12:56:23 PM

tan top · July 30, 2011, 01:03:28 PM

awesome pictures thanks for posting

Brock Samson · July 30, 2011, 04:20:38 PM

i spent the day there when i was 10..
then there's this..

http://360vr.com/2011/06/22-discovery-flight-deck-opf_6236/index.html

gtx6970 · July 30, 2011, 04:34:51 PM

Cool pictures, Thanks for posting.

My family and I are thinking about a trip to DC this fall and the air and space 1st on my todo list

John_Kunkel · July 30, 2011, 05:14:22 PM

The Keith Ferris full size wall mural "Fortress Under Fire" is so accurate and detailed that the crew in the cockpit of the lead aircraft Thunder Bird looks like they could move at any moment. Even the BF-109 pilot shown in the background was interviewed for details of that moment in history. Pics of the crew of the Thunder Bird on the page below.

http://www.303rdbg.com/359hillary.html

69rtse4spd · July 30, 2011, 06:38:55 PM

, great link to the 303, thanks.

bobs66440 · July 30, 2011, 09:22:20 PM

Quote from: gtx6970 on July 30, 2011, 04:34:51 PM
Cool pictures, Thanks for posting.

My family and I are thinking about a trip to DC this fall and the air and space 1st on my todo list

It alone is worth the trip...and there's SO much more there that I didn't photograph. The Imax movies are cool too. Then there's the Udvar-Hazy Center in Va. that's like an annex to the Museum that has a HUGE collection. I need to get there too...someday.

BananaDan · July 30, 2011, 09:54:43 PM

Nice pics! One of my favorite places to visit in DC.

Just 6T9 CHGR · July 31, 2011, 05:35:23 PM

Been there a few times myself....real nice place!

ACUDANUT · July 31, 2011, 09:04:09 PM

I could spend a month there daydreaming, wishing I could fly in half of them.
I just climbed into the only flying B-29 called "Fi-Fi" I could not afford 1000 bucks for a actual 30 min flight...The P-51 cost 1600 for 20 minutes...Oh well, I got some awesome video of the only B-29 that is flying.
Some day when I win the lottery, I can take a few flights.

bull · July 31, 2011, 11:43:18 PM

I should post my Seattle "Museum Of Flight" pics here...

bobs66440 · August 01, 2011, 04:44:55 AM

Quote from: bull on July 31, 2011, 11:43:18 PM
I should post my Seattle "Museum Of Flight" pics here...

bobs66440 · August 01, 2011, 04:48:22 AM

Quote from: ACUDANUT on July 31, 2011, 09:04:09 PM
I could spend a month there daydreaming, wishing I could fly in half of them.
I just climbed into the only flying B-29 called "Fi-Fi" I could not afford 1000 bucks for a actual 30 min flight...The P-51 cost 1600 for 20 minutes...Oh well, I got some awesome video of the only B-29 that is flying.
Some day when I win the lottery, I can take a few flights.

I took my dad out to the Blairstown, Pa. airport a few years ago for a flight in a North American AT-6 for Father's Day. I think it was around $350.00 for a 20 min flight and you could take the controls if you wanted! It was a day I'll never forget!

Maybe there's something like that near you?

bull · August 02, 2011, 10:47:22 PM

Quote from: bobs66440 on August 01, 2011, 04:44:55 AM
Quote from: bull on July 31, 2011, 11:43:18 PM
I should post my Seattle "Museum Of Flight" pics here...

Okay, I'm just going to start dumping them for now because I've only got a few minutes here but later I'll try to add the lot of them...

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bull · August 02, 2011, 11:04:31 PM

This is it for now. More later...

skip68 · August 02, 2011, 11:18:57 PM

Cool pictures, thanks for sharing bull.

bobs66440 · August 03, 2011, 04:47:04 AM

Great pics! The P-38 Lightning... my favorite!!

bull · August 03, 2011, 06:09:43 AM

Here's some more. Never thought I'd see the inside of Air Force One or the Concorde but here's the pics. This particular AF1 is from the Kennedy/Johnson/Nixon era.

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bull · August 03, 2011, 06:17:31 AM

I thought I had some pictures of the inside of the Concorde and some from the back but I don't see them. These pictures don't do it justice because I was really surprised how big the thing was, mostly at the back. Giant engines and a small fuselage, as you might expect. I imagine there weren't too many fat people riding as passengers in the thing because it is quite narrow inside.

bull · August 03, 2011, 06:30:20 AM

Well, this is all of them, I think. All I can find that are worth posting anyway.

bull · August 03, 2011, 06:32:44 AM

Many of the items/vehicles in the space exploration area were replicas (the moon buggy was one for sure) but this rover below was kind of a special replica. IIRC it was made by Nasa as an exact scale model for training purposes.

bobs66440 · August 03, 2011, 08:47:39 AM

Good work. Thanks. That Lockheed Constellation (Connie) is a thing of beauty!

bull · August 03, 2011, 12:47:37 PM

I'm always struck with the beauty of the WWII fighters. I'd never really seen a Corsair up close and it really is a sexy plane. Apparently that's why I took so many pictures of it. I love the P-38 and P-51 too.

Quote from: bobs66440 on August 03, 2011, 08:47:39 AM
Good work. Thanks. That Lockheed Constellation (Connie) is a thing of beauty!

Yes, that tail is really something. I wish I could have gotten more pics of it but we were running out of time in that particular area of the museum and it was difficult to get the whole thing in frame. All the planes in that section were mammoth. This one is a Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation by the way.

Brock Samson · August 03, 2011, 01:03:48 PM

a lot of folks don't know the Connie was a Kelly Johnson design. Thanks Bull those were excellent.

triple_green · August 04, 2011, 09:20:24 AM

Curtis,

I work right across the street from the Museum of Flight. But, I only go over there for a tour about once a year. The Boeing Test Pilots that I support like to go there for lunch (I wonder why?). It really is a treasure.

Right now the Blue Angels are parked there for a week practicing for their performance at Seafair this week end. I am on the top floor of my building and they rattle the walls everytime they take off. Very Cool!

BTW, my dad designed the infrared detection suite on the SR71 before it was declassified.

Mark

bull · August 04, 2011, 12:40:56 PM

I thought about you when we were up there, Mark, but I had no idea which part of the complex you worked in. Had I planned ahead a little and contacted you we could have met you for lunch or something.

triple_green · August 04, 2011, 01:41:00 PM

that would have been cool! When I went out for lunch today the Blue Angels wer practicing thieir routines for Seafair and it was TOTALLY AWESOME!!

Nothing like the planes rushing by low at at near the speed of sound....

The Boys and I might go to the Hydros on Sat or Sun.

Mom is out of town so the boys might play

KS71owner · August 05, 2011, 11:45:16 PM

I always thought the museum was named incorrectly.....shouldn't and "Air and Space" museum just be an empty building?

hemi68charger · August 12, 2011, 08:50:27 AM

Quote from: Richard Cranium on July 30, 2011, 10:09:47 AM

Excellent pictures. I got to go there someday!!!!

No lie... I still can't believe I've never been to DC yet.......... The Air and Space Museum is a must.....

bobs66440 · August 12, 2011, 09:46:04 AM

Quote from: hemi68charger on August 12, 2011, 08:50:27 AM
Quote from: Richard Cranium on July 30, 2011, 10:09:47 AM

Excellent pictures. I got to go there someday!!!!

No lie... I still can't believe I've never been to DC yet.......... The Air and Space Museum is a must.....

DC is awesome. Not just the museum, but all of it. Everything is amazing from the architecture to the history. It's all on a scale thats awe-inspiring. (And most of it is free!) You definitely come away with a lot.

Schlabuster · August 27, 2011, 02:19:43 AM

Hey Planefreaks
Here some pics from the Hahnweide Oldtimer Fly Inn in Germany, many old birds in flying condition.

If you want more please tell me.

LaOtto70Charger · August 27, 2011, 07:53:49 AM

Yes more pictures! That rocket plane looks cool.

ACUDANUT · August 27, 2011, 08:53:23 AM

I love that spitfire..Was any Messerschmitt 109's there ?

bobs66440 · August 27, 2011, 09:26:52 AM

Wow! Very cool! Yes, more pics please!!

Schlabuster · August 27, 2011, 09:39:12 AM

@ ACUDANUT thats not a Spitfire, its a Hawker Seafury. 109 was there but did not landed, the Messerschmitt make a flyby with a B17 from France.

But here more pics.

Grumman Avenger

Spitfire MK IX

ME 109 in flyby

P51 North Amercan Mustang (crashed this Year in Duxford

Douglas Skyraider

to be continued

gtx6970 · August 27, 2011, 09:42:34 AM

Thanks for the pics.

"smacks self in back of head, must go to DC soon "

bobs66440 · August 27, 2011, 09:56:33 AM

Love the Spitfire with the 5-blade prop! Hot Rod!!

BrianShaughnessy · August 27, 2011, 10:52:00 AM

Quote from: Schlabuster on August 27, 2011, 02:19:43 AM
Hey Planefreaks
Here some pics from the Hahnweide Oldtimer Fly Inn in Germany, many old birds in flying condition.

If you want more please tell me.

I'm very surprised to see a ME-163 Komet... in apparent operating condition. Only one I have ever seen was at the Smithsonian.

But upon googling and checking the wiki I found that it was a replica / unpowered glider.

Schlabuster · August 27, 2011, 11:04:05 AM

Yes you right it´s a replica without engine, but it´s awesome to see how close it can make turns.

Here Is a another pic of the Komet, just after landing.

And another rare Warbird - a french Dewoitine

A perfect restored Hawker Hurricane

Brock Samson · August 27, 2011, 01:54:08 PM

what's that first one with the kangaroo on it?..

Schlabuster · August 27, 2011, 02:33:02 PM

It´s a Hawker Sea Fury, this perfekt restored Warbird had a French owner and a very powerfull engine

Brock Samson · August 27, 2011, 04:42:15 PM

Thanks for the prompt reply and all the pics...

69rtse4spd · August 27, 2011, 06:23:35 PM

Great Pict's, is the FW-190 real or replica.

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