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Topic: Touring Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center (VA)
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spaceman
Member Posts: 1168
From: Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 09-20-2017 06:44 PM
   
Lucky enough to visit the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center last week and have a guided tour.What a collection, they have too much (extension required please!). Great to see such historic aircraft and spacecraft including the Enola Gay, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde with my favourite exhibit being Space Shuttle Discovery. Seeing the Atlantis display at Kennedy Space Center spoils you, but Discovery is a magnificent craft. You get the opportunity to get up close and personal. I didn't touch it! Hidden away too was Apollo 11 command module Columbia, in terms of history for a space fan well. I thought it would be on display at the National Air and Space Museum (Mall). Apparently it has been readied here for a national tour.  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 49681
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-20-2017 06:46 PM
quote:
Originally posted by spaceman:
Apparently it has been readied here for a national tour.
Indeed it is, as discussed here: Destination Moon: Apollo 11' traveling exhibit. |
MarylandSpace
Member Posts: 1406
From:
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 09-20-2017 10:00 PM
My favourite at Udvar-Hazy is the Dash 80. |
JBoe
Member Posts: 993
From: Edgewater, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 09-21-2017 07:05 PM
Discovery and the SR-71 are my favorites as well. I took the family to the "Apollo on the Move" unveiling in March (was a great birthday present to myself) and got some great closeups. 
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