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He219
12-11-2003, 08:30 PM
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The observation tower and entrance area of the new Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an addition to the popular Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, are shown in a wide-angle view against an early morning sky on the day of its dedication at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. The futuristic complex exhibits dozens of vintage and historic flying machines including the Enola Gay, a Concorde and the Space Shuttle Enterprise. It is named after Steven F.Udvar-Hazy, a Hungarian immigrant who made a fortune in aircraft leasing and donated a record $65 million toward the museum's construction. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Pilot and actor John Travolta prepares for a television interview after participating in the dedication of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, a new addition to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum system, on the grounds of the Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. At right is a Vought F4U-1D Corsair, a World War II fighter flown by the Navy and Marines in the Pacific. At lower left is the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, with the Space Shuttle Enterprisebeyond. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Guests stroll around the cavernous interior of the newly dedicated Smithsonian National Air and Space Museums Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Va., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. In the foreground is the red and white striped Monocoupe 110 Special, named Little Butch, built in Melbourne, Fla., in 1941 and flown in air shows in the Lynchburg, Va., area in the late 1940s. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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The Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Japan in World War II, stands amid dozens of vintage and historic aircraft in the cavernous interior of the newly dedicated Smithsonian National Air and Space Museums Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Va., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. Exhibition of the plane has always been controversial and Japanese survivors say they want the new exhibit to focus more on the suffering caused by the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Paul Tibbetts, the commander of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, stands in front of the restored aircraft chatting with well-wishers following the dedication of a giant new addition to the popular Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, on the grounds of Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. Exhibition of the plane has always been controversial and Japanese survivors say they want the new exhibit to focus more on the suffering caused by the atom bomb. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)


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A replica of the Wright Flyer glides on a track across the cavernous 10-story-high hangar of the new Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex to the popular Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, as it is dedicated in Chantilly, Va., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. Dozens of vintage flying machines, including the Enola Gay, a Concorde and the Space Shuttle Enterprise, are on permanent exhibition at the museum, on the grounds of Washington Dulles International Airport. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

More info. here: http://www.nasm.si.edu/museum/udvarhazy/

Operation Ivy
12-11-2003, 08:44 PM
Ive been there :D ...vwery neat btw woot

He219
12-11-2003, 09:02 PM
And I thought the new center doesn't open until Dec. 15th .. ;)

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The cockpit of the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay is seen in the National Air and Space Museum's new Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, in Chantilly, Va. The center will open Monday, Dec. 15, as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first powered flights by the Wright brothers who actually flew on Dec. 17, 1903. (AP Photo/Adele Starr)

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The National Air and Space Museum's new Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy exhibition hangar is seen Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, in Chantilly, Va. The center will open Dec. 15, 2003, as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first powered flights by the Wright brothers who actually flew on Dec. 17, 1903. (AP Photo/Adele Starr)

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A Republic P-47D Thunderbolt World War II fighter, bottom, is seen with wings of the Enola Gay overhead as a World War II era German fighter Ardo 234B Blitz is sandwiched in the middle at the National Air and Space Museum's new Udvar-Hazy Center, Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, in Chantilly, Va. The center will open Dec. 15, 2003 as part of a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first powered flights by the Wright brothers who acturally flew on Dec. 17, 1903. (AP Photo/Adele Starr)

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The Langley Aerodome, top, designed by former Smithsonian Institution Secretary Samuel Langley, is a Wright Brothers-era aircraft and is now housed in the National Air and Space Museum's new Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy exhibition hangar, seen Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, in Chantilly, Va. The Caudron G.4 Spade World War I French fighter is below. The center will open Dec. 15, 2003, as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first powered flights by the Wright brothers who acturally flew on Dec. 17, 1903. (AP Photo/Adele Starr)

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Little Butch is a restored Monocoupe 110 Special that was used as a test plane for aerobatic training and is now housed in the National Air and Space Museum's new Udvar-Hazy Center seen Friday, Dec. 5, 2003 in Chantilly, Va. The center will open Dec. 15, 2003 as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first powered flights by the Wright brothers who acturally flew on Dec. 17, 1903. (AP Photo/Adele Starr)

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The Space Shuttle Enterprise test craft, rear, or the Mercury 15-B Orbiter, designed for astronaut Alan Shepard, are seen in the National Air and Space Museum's new Udvar-Hazy Center Friday, Dec. 5, 2003 in Chantilly, Va. The center will open Dec. 15, 2003 as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first powered flights by the Wright brothers who acturally flew on Dec. 17, 1903. (AP Photo/Adele Starr)