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07-09-2011, 04:40 PM

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National Air and Space Museum

I stopped by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center last week near IAD.

SR71 Blackbird
Those engines are huge.

07-09-2011, 04:47 PM

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Enola Gay B29 Superfortress

Dropped the first A Bomb on Hiroshima

P38 under its wing

07-09-2011, 04:58 PM

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07-09-2011, 05:15 PM

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Air France Concorde - Note the gear of the Airbus A330/340 on the right

Space Shuttle Enterprise - First shuttle built but never went into space.

07-09-2011, 05:18 PM

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great shots, thanks

07-09-2011, 05:27 PM

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P40 Warhawk (Kittyhawk)

07-26-2011, 09:09 AM

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...thanks for posting! these are great shots

07-26-2011, 09:28 AM

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Well done. None of the Shuttle photos I've ever seen do it's "brick" form justice. No knock on you - it just has to be seen in person.

Nat Geo did a pretty decent show a while back on the logistics and choreography of getting all that stuff in there.

07-27-2011, 06:40 AM

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"The name's Captain 'Wild' Bill Kelso, and I'm lookin' for Japs!".

I was fortunate enough to meet Gen. Tibbets before he passed away, both he and Van Kirk signed a toy B-29 of the Enola Gay that I still have. He pointed out that "....the real Enola Gay didn't have turrets!" It's a shame that Enola has to have guards because of what happened 66 years ago.