New Meetup: National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
| From: | Lynford Morton |
| Sent on: | Sunday, June 28, 2009 10:59 AM |
Announcing a new Meetup for Shutterbug Excursions!
What: National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
When: July 25, 2009 4:00 PM
Where: (A location has not been chosen yet.)
This is a location where we are bound to have an abundance of photo opportunities. Parking is free after 4 pm, so we will meet then to avoid the normal $15 parking fee. I've taken the description below from GoSmithsonian.com
National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The National Air and Space Museum's massive Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, displays more than 163 aircraft and 154 large space artifacts that are too big for the National Mall location, plus thousands of intriguing smaller items. The center includes the ten-story-high Boeing Aviation Hangar, the 80-foot-high James S. McDonnell Space Hangar, immersive flight simulators, the Airbus IMAX® Theater and the Donald D. Engen Observation Tower, which offers views of the Washington Dulles International Airport runways. The aircraft and spacecraft are displayed in huge open hangars on the main floor, where visitors can walk among them, and on two levels suspended from the ceiling. A series of skywalks brings visitors nose-to-nose with the vehicles suspended from the ceiling, hung to replicate their flight maneuvers.
Highlights
The fastest jet ever built, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, looms beneath the entrance overhang. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay is fully restored and reassembled for the first time in more than 40 years. Don't miss a close-up view of its cockpit from the center walkway.
A recent addition to the aviation hanger is the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, commonly known as the Connie. Introduced in 1951, the Connie shortened transcontinental travel by an astounding five hours.
On the civil aviation side, the graceful 202-foot-long Air France Concorde dominates the aircraft around it. From the center skywalk, see the Pitts Special Little Stinker, only 15.5 feet long, which was flown by renowned aerobatic pilot Betty Skelton in the late 1940s and early '50s
“Lucky Lindy” memorabilia, a colorful assortment of commemorative items, illustrate the cultural phenomenon that followed Charles Lindbergh's famous 1927 flight.
Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/shutterbugexcursions/calendar/10752222/
What: National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
When: July 25, 2009 4:00 PM
Where: (A location has not been chosen yet.)
This is a location where we are bound to have an abundance of photo opportunities. Parking is free after 4 pm, so we will meet then to avoid the normal $15 parking fee. I've taken the description below from GoSmithsonian.com
National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The National Air and Space Museum's massive Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, displays more than 163 aircraft and 154 large space artifacts that are too big for the National Mall location, plus thousands of intriguing smaller items. The center includes the ten-story-high Boeing Aviation Hangar, the 80-foot-high James S. McDonnell Space Hangar, immersive flight simulators, the Airbus IMAX® Theater and the Donald D. Engen Observation Tower, which offers views of the Washington Dulles International Airport runways. The aircraft and spacecraft are displayed in huge open hangars on the main floor, where visitors can walk among them, and on two levels suspended from the ceiling. A series of skywalks brings visitors nose-to-nose with the vehicles suspended from the ceiling, hung to replicate their flight maneuvers.
Highlights
The fastest jet ever built, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, looms beneath the entrance overhang. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay is fully restored and reassembled for the first time in more than 40 years. Don't miss a close-up view of its cockpit from the center walkway.
A recent addition to the aviation hanger is the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, commonly known as the Connie. Introduced in 1951, the Connie shortened transcontinental travel by an astounding five hours.
On the civil aviation side, the graceful 202-foot-long Air France Concorde dominates the aircraft around it. From the center skywalk, see the Pitts Special Little Stinker, only 15.5 feet long, which was flown by renowned aerobatic pilot Betty Skelton in the late 1940s and early '50s
“Lucky Lindy” memorabilia, a colorful assortment of commemorative items, illustrate the cultural phenomenon that followed Charles Lindbergh's famous 1927 flight.
Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/shutterbugexcursions/calendar/10752222/
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