UP UP and AWAY

This was my second visit to the Air and Space museum over by Dulles airport, however it was the first with my camera.  This museum is amazing if you like air/spacecraft, or if you need a giant place to spend a day in the AC.  They told me it only gets really hot for like a week or two during August up here, well "they" lied!   Its been hot all summer so every time someone comes to visit we go out here so we can spend the day in the AC. 

If you visit DC you should take the trip out to the Udvar Hazy Air and Space museum.  While the museum is free, the parking is $15.00.  my first visit was just a few days after the space shuttle was delivered.  The shuttle is huge, and you can stand right up next to it. 

In my opinion, there are almost too many planes jam packed in the museum,  some tend to get lost, as they may be tucked under a bigger plane, or hanging from the ceiling behind another plane hanging from the ceiling.   Luckily there are huge skywalks that you can walk from one end of the building to another close to the ceiling so you can look out over the planes. 

If you saw transformers where they were in the Air and Space Museum, this is it.  You can even watch a video clip of how they edited around the other planes etc in the museum.  You can also take a trip up the elevator to the observation tower and listen to the air traffic controllers guide planes into Dulles International Airport.  Depending on the day they planes may fly to the right and left of you as you look out towards the airport. 

As always here are a few of the photos I took during the trip, and the full set is available on my flickr page at Air and Space Museum (Dulles)

SR-71 Blackbird

This photo gives you an idea as to how big this museum.  The plane in the lower right is a Condord Jet.

Space Shuttle Discovery