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