Hi all,
I’ve put a report on the trip my family and I took to the U-H center, and a whole bunch of photos up on the web:
http://www.users.fast.net/~jxa127/
There’s another half dozen or so photos that that I’ll put up before too long.
Regards, and enjoy the photos,
-Drew
P.S. Tell me what you think.
Crikey, there’s a ton of stuff there that they haven’t pulled out in ages. I hope I can get down to that area again, I’d like to see the Enterprise the Apollo CM and the ASAT. Since they’re planning on eventually expanding to 200 aircraft I wonder if the Niagara Aerospace Museum is gonna lose it’s P-39. (On loan from NASM) Would be a shame… [:(]
BTW, nice little report, there, Luf. Thanks for sharing…
Fade to Black…
Thanks for the pics Drew.
Thanks Drew, those were awesome pics!!! I hope someday to make the trip to the museum myself!!
that is awesome, thank you for your contribution to our hobby.
incredible, I can’t wait to go!
I’b glad you folks have enjoyed the photos. One of the really neat things about the visit was just how close you can get to the planes. It’s pretty neat to walk under the Concord. [:D]
Regards,
-Drew
The pic of the small jet top row second in from the left. It looks like the one I saw at an air show at NAS Oceana. It was the worlds smallest jet. I have signed pic from the pilot I will have to dig it up and see if it’s the same aircraft.
That’s a BD-5B. That particular plane is prop driven, but there was a jet version–the BD-7, I believe.
Here’s more info on that plane:
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http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/bede5a.htm
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It sure is tiny.
Regards,
-Drew
Wow! Very nice! I like the pics of the Hellcat and Corsair especially. That P-38 looks like it needs some work though. Someday I want to go to the NASM and the new Udvar-Hazy Center (and Silver Hill- I almost forgot!). It looks like you could spend a lot of time there.
Isn’t that plane the one Roger Moore, as James Bond, flew in Octopusy?
Also, how is this museum different from the rest of the Smithsonian A&S museum? new wing? I haven’t been there since the mid-90s… [:(]
Oh, and is that a Regulus I behind the anti-sat Missle? I recall someone here wanted pics of that… [:)]
Yup! Not that exact plane, but one like it.
It’s much bigger than the downtown museum. The U-H center is located out by Dulles Airport. The other major difference that I noticed is that the exhibits at the downtown museum tend to have tighter themes and a lot more to read.
Yup, it’s a Regulus, and I don’t think I have any better pictures. [:(] It’s definitely worth a visit if you can get out there. They’ll be adding even more planes as time goes on.
The Silver Hill facility is closed to public tours now (as of March of last year). I got to tour it in December of 2002 and had a great time. Most (if not all) of the artifacts at Silver Hill will be transferred to the U-H Center. There were a fair number of things we saw at Silver Hill that haven’t made it over yet.
Regards,
-Drew
is that THE Enola Gay?
Yup! [:D]
WTF is Udvar-Hazy? And, where is it? I wanna go there sometime! That’s a NICE A-6 Intruder they have!
Nice presentation, Drew, and thanks for sharing it. I especially like the P-38.
Way to go, Raoule!!!
You are the man!
I can’t wait to get there.
You walked under the Concorde? ooooooo…so sweet! Did you touch it?
Thanks for sharing with us, my friend. Happy for you that you got to see it.
Great pictures, thanks for sharing them with us. I can’t wait to get over there and see all of that!
Quick answers to a few of the questions:
Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy was/is the man who gave the largest donation to the new wing of the NASM. As I understand it, he’s an immigrant to the US and a self-made millionaire.
You can get really close to the planes, but they are more than a couple of arms-reaches away. In a lot of ways, you can get closer than at the main museum downtown, but not as close as you can at an air show. On the other hand, the chance of seeing many of those planes at an air show is pretty slim.
I have another 18 or so pictures I’ll be posting this weekend.
Regards,
-Drew
Just a quick update: I’ve uploaded another 15 pictures to the web page. Check it out:
http://www.users.fast.net/~jxa127/
Regards,