AMAZING---THE AIR & SPACE MUSEUM

We were able to visit the Dulles Air and Space Museum today on our way back from meetings in Woodbridge. It was phenomenal. It is so big that it is hard to describe. The smithsonian air and space became too small to house all the aircraft and so this second facility was built. This one is now the bigger museum and is full of 100's of aircraft. There is a tower that is like a airport tower and looks directly at one of Dulles Airport runways and you can go in the tower and learn about controllers jobs and watch planes take off and land.

This museum houses some of the most famous of aircraft. The stealth bomber is unbelievably large. The Concorde is here. Space craft from some of the first flights and shuttles, like the Enterprise and the landing modules. The Enola Gay is also housed here. It is the plane that dropped the bombs on Japan.

Even the little planes are fascinating. All of them have explanations and history and you could literally spend many days here. The Entrance


Pres. in the tower
A plane taking off towards us



There were probably 100 helicopters

The space Shuttle, this is the only way I could get a whole picture. Look how small the people are compared to it


All kinds of satellites and explanations about how they work and the history of them


The back of the shuttle with the boosters

The Gemini landing Module


The Apollo Command Module





The Enola Gay, This place dropped the Bombs on Japan
This is the Concorde. I couldn't find a place to get the whole thing in a picture.
the front of the Concorde
The Concorde from the 2nd story

Lots of baby planes


The Albatross Falcon

These walkways went all over the top floor so you could look down on the planes
This is the Stealth Bomber from the landing above.
Looking down just one section of the museum

A Rocket








Th Stealth from the side



Known as the Little Stinker
Outside the museum