"Agrajag" (Agrajag)
04/10/2019 at 10:55 • Filed to: Air & space museum
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"Agrajag" (Agrajag)
04/10/2019 at 10:55 • Filed to: Air & space museum | 15
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This place is awesome.
Took a day trip to the Air & Space Museum in Chantilly, VA to see some planes and things and the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
more photos on the way
Rooo sez BISH PLZ
> Agrajag
04/10/2019 at 11:03 |
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So much here that is amazing! Choice of angles, choice of color enhancement; great use of all that stunning light.
I have to scramble but hope to be back later to ask tons of questions about time of day of shots & & choice of lenses & how you got access to that upper balcony and other stuff :-)
spectacular:
This one ^^ looks like Captain America’s plane :D
facw
> Agrajag
04/10/2019 at 11:11 |
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Nice to see they got the flying boat out on the floor. It was in the restoration hangar when I was there half a decade ago.
Not much in the way of pictures for me though, someone had stolen my phone charger out of my car the day before, and it ran out of power after I took a single shot of the SR-71 .
Lots of interesting stuff at U dvar H azy, even if it is perhaps a bit uncurated.
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> Agrajag
04/10/2019 at 11:15 |
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So they have a Komet out. I really want to get a tour of the Garber facility. I saw an article and the unrestored stuff laying around was nuts. Is the Horten out somewhere?
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Agrajag
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
04/10/2019 at 11:30 |
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The Horten was there and somehow I didn’t get any pics with my dslr, but I know I took a few film shots of it.
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Agrajag
> Rooo sez BISH PLZ
04/10/2019 at 11:31 |
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Thanks!
ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
> Agrajag
04/10/2019 at 11:46 |
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Have you had the chance to visit the NMUSAF?
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Agrajag
> ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
04/10/2019 at 12:05 |
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No I haven’t! That’s on my list.
ttyymmnn
> Agrajag
04/10/2019 at 12:31 |
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The Udvar-Hazy Center is such an extraordinary place. Last time I was there I only had a couple of hours. I could spend a day or two in there.
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ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
> Agrajag
04/10/2019 at 14:58 |
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Plan on taking several days to see everything if you intend on reading at all. I believe the covered exhibit space now exceeds 1 million square feet.
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Agrajag
> ttyymmnn
04/10/2019 at 22:09 |
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I had 5 hours to walk around before the film started. I spent at least an hour just staring at Discovery. More time is definitely needed.
Lokiparts
> Agrajag
04/11/2019 at 14:56 |
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These photos are absolutely stunning. I love the tight shots of the engines and that chrome and black tip tank. Amazing.
But , I just can’t believe that I did not know about this museum. I have been to the Smithsonian Air and S pace M useum on the Mall in DC but I didn’t even know abou t this one. And w hat makes it even worse is that I basically just drove past it twice when I traveled to, and from PA for work last month.
Hopefully I can find the time to drive up there sometime soon but if nothing else if I have to make that trip again next year I will definitely make a point to take a detour this time.
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Agrajag
> Lokiparts
04/11/2019 at 21:58 |
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Thanks!
You totally should go when you get the chance.
sonicgabe
> Agrajag
04/12/2019 at 02:19 |
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Awesome shots! Last time I was up there, this was on my list of places to go but I couldn’t convince my now ex to make the trip out of DC to go. Next time.
Grindintosecond
> Lokiparts
04/12/2019 at 11:02 |
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This isn’t just a museum of things, but of those things that did that you read about in books. The SR-71 in the pictur e? That’s the one that crossed the US in 68 minutes . Every plane in there has history attached beyond just being an example of something. Langleys aerodrome is in there. Reno champion racers are in there. German WW2 planes and even their prototypes are in there and are one of a kind so if you see a Do-335 pfeil in there, it’s the only one left in the world. It is also a working restoration site where you can actually see what they’ re working on at any given time. Some things in there are new from what I was last in a few years back. The twin engine flying boat for example was definitely not there.
Plan 3+ hours and wear good walking shoes for concrete. There’s a McDonalds there and a sizeable gift shop. The van will take you from the IAD Dulles airport to the museum for a dollar, or two maybe.