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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Open House On Saturday, January 25, 2014
A partial view of the Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Photo by Dane Penland, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, a...
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Helldiver Regains Her Wings
The National Air & Space Museum is hard at work preparing their rare Curtiss SB2C Helldiver for display. The restoration team re-attached the freshly painted wings this past Sunday in the Mary...
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Horten Flying Wing Heading to NASM’s Udvar-Hazy Center
The NASM’s Horten H IX V3 Flying Wing is being prepared for shipment to the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar this month. Here we see shop Foreman Rob Mawhinney gently guiding forklift operators...
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NASM’s Heinkel He-219 Restoration Update
The easy part, using nothing but manpower: The He 219 wing is rolled out of the paint booth, standing 4 m (13 feet) high and about 19 m (63 feet) long. (photo & caption via NASM) WarbirdsNews has...
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NASM Open House at the Udvar-Hazy Center This Saturday
The National Air & Space Museum is holding their second annual behind the scenes Open House between 10am and 3pm on Saturday January 24th at their Udvar-Hazy Center facility beside Dulles Airport...
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NACA Centenary Symposium at Smithsonian March 3-4, 2015
The Douglas D-558-II test force with the team behind it in 1952. (NASA photo) Press Release: Before there was NASA, there was the NACA. On March 3, 1915, Congress established the National Advisory...
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“Fly-In to Victory Day”– NASM May 9th
The Commemorative Air Force’s Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless (based at the Dixie Wing) is one of the aircraft scheduled to participate in the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover of Washington, DC on May 8th. This...
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Arsenal of Democracy Fly-Over Route
Jerry Yagen’s TBM-3E Avenger Bu.53454 ( which will be part of the flyover formation) over the Delaware countryside. (photo by Richard Mallory Allnutt) With the coming Arsenal Of Democracy fly past over...
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CH-46 Sea Knight Retirement Ceremony at Smithsonian
A seemingly endless row of freshly retired CH-46 Sea Knights as seen at AMARG in Tucson, Arizona in March, 2014. The last of the fleet is set to retire later this year. (photo by Richard Mallory...
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Neil Armstrong’s Apollo XI Space Suit
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, posing in his spacesuit prior to the famed Apollo XI lunar mission. NASM has just crowd-sourced the funding to preserve his space suit. (photo via...
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NASM’s Restoration Center to Hold Open House – January 30th, 2016
Martin B-26 Marauder “Flak Bait” shown here in a recent image, will be one of the major exhibits visitors to NASM’s Open House on January 30th will get to see up close and personal. (photo by Richard...
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Raising the Dauntless – National Museum of the Marine Corps Finishes SBD-3
(Official United States Marine Corps photo by Kathy Reesey/Released) Just a few days ago, on February 9th, a rare and freshly restored WWII dive bomber rose high above the ground on cables to its new...
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Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center Features Two New Aircraft
NASM’s unique Nakajima Kikka is now on display in the main hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. (photo by Richard Mallory Allnutt) In the damp, early morning darkness on...
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NASM Open House at the Udvar-Hazy Center This Saturday
The National Air & Space Museum is holding their second annual behind the scenes Open House between 10am and 3pm on Saturday January 24th at their Udvar-Hazy Center facility beside Dulles Airport...
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NACA Centenary Symposium at Smithsonian March 3-4, 2015
The Douglas D-558-II test force with the team behind it in 1952. (NASA photo) Press Release: Before there was NASA, there was the NACA. On March 3, 1915, Congress established the National Advisory...
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“Fly-In to Victory Day”– NASM May 9th
The Commemorative Air Force’s Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless (based at the Dixie Wing) is one of the aircraft scheduled to participate in the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover of Washington, DC on May 8th. This...
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Arsenal of Democracy Fly-Over Route
Jerry Yagen’s TBM-3E Avenger Bu.53454 ( which will be part of the flyover formation) over the Delaware countryside. (photo by Richard Mallory Allnutt) With the coming Arsenal Of Democracy fly past over...
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CH-46 Sea Knight Retirement Ceremony at Smithsonian
A seemingly endless row of freshly retired CH-46 Sea Knights as seen at AMARG in Tucson, Arizona in March, 2014. The last of the fleet is set to retire later this year. (photo by Richard Mallory...
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Neil Armstrong’s Apollo XI Space Suit
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, posing in his spacesuit prior to the famed Apollo XI lunar mission. NASM has just crowd-sourced the funding to preserve his space suit. (photo via...
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NASM’s Restoration Center to Hold Open House – January 30th, 2016
Martin B-26 Marauder “Flak Bait” shown here in a recent image, will be one of the major exhibits visitors to NASM’s Open House on January 30th will get to see up close and personal. (photo by Richard...
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