The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is the DMV’s most popular tourist site, so I waited until the summer ended to visit in the hope that the museum would be less crowded. Plus, October 28th was a Monday, which I hoped would further reduce the number of folks there. I ordered a free admision ticket online, which was still required to help control the flow of traffic inside
Air and Space was under construction. Portions of the facilities were closed to the public. Still, what was available was very interesting, proving why the museum was so popular. I am a North Carolina native, so the display of the 1903 first flight by brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright was of particular interest to me.
The museum used graphic displays and real, full-sized airplanes, satellites, and spaceships to tell the history of flight. I’m going to let the pictures tell the story:
They also included models of the USS Enterprise from the original Star Trek television series and a Jedi fighter from the Star Wars movies.
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And, of course, I had to get a picture with the Enterprise:
These and other pictures from the Air and Space museum are available at: https://singin1.pics/piwigo/index.php?/category/See-the-DMV-Air-and-Space-Museum-102824.
I’m looking forward to returning after the under-construction sections of the museum are open to the public.