Air & Space Museum

[bobs66440]

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!  

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Last pic is a very rare Wright Bros. bicycle.

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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!  

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[BrianShaughnessy]

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]

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

[Richard Cranium]

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

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

[68X426]

Great stuff Bob, thank you so much for posting.

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[tan top]

   awesome pictures thanks for posting 

[Brock Samson]

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]

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]

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]

 , great link to the 303, thanks.

[bobs66440]

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]

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

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

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

[ACUDANUT]

 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]

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

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

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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?