Trips in the DC Area - Air and Space Museum Annex (Click on any image to load a larger
copy)
Introduction (First Visit)
Two weeks after it opened, my father and I visited the new Air and Space Museum Annex. It is located next to
Dulles Airport and only a few miles from my old apartment. As it was the week after Christmas and soon after its
opening, the museum was full of visitors. But as the museum is quite large it was bearable to stay an examine
the exhibits. The high lite for me was the one of Air Frances Concorde. Air France retired the fleet in May and
flown this aircraft to Dulles in June.
Photo Info (First Trip)
I used a Olympus C-750UZ 4.0 Megapixel Digital Camera. The images were cleaned up a bit with Adobe PhotoShop
Elements (To correct the color balance). Additional Camera Information
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| Boeing's Dash 80, the Prototype for the 707 and commercial jet aviation. Concorde in the background | The only Boeing 307 Stratoliner left in the world. Concorde in the background |
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| A Junkers JU52/3m Tri-Motor | The Space Shuttle Enterprise missing its leading edges. The edges where removed for testing in the investigation in the crash of Columbia |
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Introduction (Second Trip)
I visited the Air and Space Museum Annex a second time in February 2007 when my parents came down to visit me.
More aircraft where on display including a recently retired Grumman F-14D Tomcat.
Photo Info (Second Trip)
I used a Fuji FinePix S9000 Digital Camera. The images were cleaned up a bit with Adobe PhotoShop Elements (To
correct the color balance). Additional Camera Information
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| The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. This aircraft flew to here from Los Angeles on March 6, 1990 in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 20 seconds - setting a world record | The Space Shuttle Enterprise with its leading edges restored | Detail of the Space Shuttle Enterprise wing |
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| Detail of the Space Shuttle Enterprise plywood engines (It never had real engines as it was build for landing tests only) | Detail of the Space Shuttle Enterprise hatch | A Grumman F-14D Tomcat that shot down a Libyan MiG-23 'Flogger' on January 4, 1989 |
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| A side-view of the Grumman F-14D Tomcat | A Lockheed Martin X-35 Joint Strike Fighter | A side-view of a Grumman A-6 Intruder |
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| A Grumman A-6 Intruder | A Northrop P-61 Black Widow | A Junkers JU52/3m Tri-Motor |
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| Front of the Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde in Air France colors | The front bogie of an Airbus A380 | Rear of the Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde in Air France colors |
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| The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer which flew in a non-stop solo trip around the world in 67 hours in March 2005 |
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