On the way to visit Dave and Paula for Birthdays in Blacksburg, I stopped at the Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles Airport. This annex of the Smithsonian’s Air and Space museum houses the many aircraft that wouldn’t fit downtown, and offers an observation tower to watch takeoffs and landings at Dulles.
I labeled most of those I photographed; you can find more detail on each on the comprehensive list of aircraft on display. The dim lighting is dramatic, but made photographs difficult, as did forgetting to charge my spare battery! With the camera dead, though, I was free to enjoy just looking at the SR-71 Blackbird, vertical takeoff Joint Strike Fighter, Space Shuttle Enterprise, and many more.
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