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09-27-2004, 11:53 AM
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Hey guys, I haven't been on here much but I thought I'd tease you all. I'm planning a day trip up to Washington, D.C. this coming Saturday. It's less than four hours from here by car so I will drive up early in the morning and drive back in the late afternoon or evening.
Anyway, the #1 item on my list of things to see is the new Dulles Annex of the National Air & Space Museum. I've been to the main A&S Museum more times than I can count, but this new annex at Dulles airport I'm really looking forward to. The building itself is gigantic, designed after a German zeppelin hanger from the '30s. Inside the building are over 80 aircraft, including the re-assembled Enola Gay, a full SR-71 Blackbird, and the Space Shuttle Enterprise. (Used for glide testing in the '70s, never operational.) Also on display are an Air France Concorde, and the Dash-80 prototype of the Boeing 707.
WWII aircraft on display (besides the Enola Gay) include:
-F6F Hellcat
-FW-190
-P-40
-Hawker Hurricane
-Junkers Ju-52
-Kawanishi N1K2 "George"
-Kawanishi Ki-45 "Nick"
-Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning
-North American P-51C Mustang "Excalibur III"
-Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt
-Vought F4U-1D Corsair
-Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher
I'll also be visiting the main Air & Space Museum, and the new National WWII Memorial. I'll be packing my 3.1 MP digicam and plenty of SD memory cards, so next week I should have lots of pics to share.
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09-27-2004, 01:09 PM
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Country:  | Brilliant!  I await the pics eagerly make sure to get some good ones of the P-38 
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09-27-2004, 01:43 PM
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#3 | | Master of Ewes
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09-27-2004, 03:49 PM
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09-27-2004, 06:10 PM
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#5 | | Minister of Whoopass
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09-29-2004, 02:00 PM
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#6 | | Master of Ewes
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09-29-2004, 03:49 PM
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09-29-2004, 05:55 PM
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#8 | | Minister of Whoopass
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09-30-2004, 11:37 AM
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Country: | Thanks. The lanc says the D looks stupid with its stretched nose and fuselage, but if you ask me the A looks stupid with its short stubby nose. And the Ta-152 looks TOO stretched. (yes i do know the advantages it gave it blah blah)
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10-01-2004, 01:53 PM
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#10 | | Master of Ewes
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10-01-2004, 04:47 PM
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Country: | Its TOO strtched. It still looks better than the 190A but i think The 190D looks superb
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10-02-2004, 01:57 PM
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#12 | | Master of Ewes
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10-02-2004, 02:39 PM
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#13 | | Minister of Whoopass
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10-02-2004, 03:20 PM
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10-03-2004, 09:28 AM
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#15 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | I sorta kinda agree with u, but then again, the lines of the -152 are so fast looking...
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