What I Did This Afternoon
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The Enola Gay
SR-71 Blackbird
A rear view of the Blackbird, illustrating how flat it is
The Boeing 707 prototype, the Dash 80, in the fugliest color scheme I've ever seen
Gemini capsule
Samuel Langley's Aerodrome
Bell-Boeing XV-15 tilt rotor demonstrator
Concorde
Space shuttle prototype Enterprise
Spotted on the tail of an F-14, Felix the Cat from VFA-6
I went to the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, located right next to Dulles Airport in Chantilly, VA.
The Enola Gay
SR-71 Blackbird
A rear view of the Blackbird, illustrating how flat it is
The Boeing 707 prototype, the Dash 80, in the fugliest color scheme I've ever seen
Gemini capsule
Samuel Langley's Aerodrome
Bell-Boeing XV-15 tilt rotor demonstrator
Concorde
Space shuttle prototype Enterprise
Spotted on the tail of an F-14, Felix the Cat from VFA-6
Charlie's Cub Scout Pack went there for an outing.
While is is a most impressive collection of aircraft, as a museum, it left me a bit cold.
Unlike the branch on the Mall in Washington, DC, this was basically just a shed full of aircraft, and the exhibits, such as they were, were basically just afterthoughts.
I enjoyed myself, but I would much rather go to the DC museum.
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