The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum!
at Washington DC along the National Mall
and space
SPACCEEE!
Air
offering insights of all things air
the atriums are decked with overhead planes
A decapitated 747
for you landing gear nerds
early air uniforms
early rotary engine
bzzzz tri motor vibrator simulator
exploration of early air travel
the capsule simulator section
Night of the Museum 2 was filmed here
covering the advances of early flight
Early piston engines
Got Bendix?
Early jet engines
which brought the world speed record race
look a school field trip!
The gallery of even earlier flight
hand made propellers
recognising our women pilots
with lots of 'flying places'
with theories explained
brings out the kid in you!
which lots of "try it out displays"
fun with science!
This is the fun part of the museum
The museum Imax theater
such as this one!
got wind sock?
back in the galleries
bomber alert!
early day bomb sight
flight surveillance
aerial photo of washington dc
early days of flight
first from earth
with telescopes to boot!
moving up with satellites
various space telescopes and probes on display
hubble!
exploring the universe
full scale mars lander model
the satellite of the space race
An indoor rocket garden!
A 1-1 scale Hubble space telescope
Soyuz on display