A Day at the Museum...
Posted: 2008-02-19 08:12pm
My Best Friend was in town today with one of his friends from College (who only show up as the top of a head in this set), and we went to the National Museum of the United States Air Force, The following are the pictures that I felt were good enough to upload.
We started in the Modern Flight Hanger. The Following is the Global Hawk - Damn that thing is big (the Wingspan is something like 20 feet longer than that of the U-2)
From there we went to the Cold War Hanger - Behold the Tail of the Mighty Peacemaker! (sorry for the blur)
I think this is a Patriot (no signage). If a fellow HABite could confirm that would be great.
From there we went to the Presidential Annex (on Base), where we went up in Ike's Plane Columbine III (VC-121E), after exiting that I took the following shots of Truman's Independence (VC-118) and FDR's Sacred Cow (VC-54C) respectively.
And a Wasp! We made a few jokes about using it to add power to my friend's Buick, not that he needs anymore power....
Moving on to the Research and Development Annex...
Who do we find but our old friends the D-21 and A-12....
And Global Hawk's Competitor the Darkstar...
And the F-107A....
The Piper PA48 (the abortive attempt to bring the P-51 into the 80's)...
Tacit Blue (A Stealth test bed - often remarked as one of the least stable planes to ever fly on anything resembling a regular basis)...
The Hiller XC-142A Tilt Wing, that right, unlike the V-22 the whole damn wing moves, greatly simplifying the whole thing...
...Then I spot her, the most beautiful plane at the Museum - the XB-70 AV.1
A look from the aft end of the plane, over a P-80
Some B-70 Skin showing the honeycomb pattern
We are Victorious! (I'm the big one)
All images were taken at 3 megapixels, so if anyone wants a wallpaper, just ask.
We started in the Modern Flight Hanger. The Following is the Global Hawk - Damn that thing is big (the Wingspan is something like 20 feet longer than that of the U-2)
From there we went to the Cold War Hanger - Behold the Tail of the Mighty Peacemaker! (sorry for the blur)
I think this is a Patriot (no signage). If a fellow HABite could confirm that would be great.
From there we went to the Presidential Annex (on Base), where we went up in Ike's Plane Columbine III (VC-121E), after exiting that I took the following shots of Truman's Independence (VC-118) and FDR's Sacred Cow (VC-54C) respectively.
And a Wasp! We made a few jokes about using it to add power to my friend's Buick, not that he needs anymore power....
Moving on to the Research and Development Annex...
Who do we find but our old friends the D-21 and A-12....
And Global Hawk's Competitor the Darkstar...
And the F-107A....
The Piper PA48 (the abortive attempt to bring the P-51 into the 80's)...
Tacit Blue (A Stealth test bed - often remarked as one of the least stable planes to ever fly on anything resembling a regular basis)...
The Hiller XC-142A Tilt Wing, that right, unlike the V-22 the whole damn wing moves, greatly simplifying the whole thing...
...Then I spot her, the most beautiful plane at the Museum - the XB-70 AV.1
A look from the aft end of the plane, over a P-80
Some B-70 Skin showing the honeycomb pattern
We are Victorious! (I'm the big one)
All images were taken at 3 megapixels, so if anyone wants a wallpaper, just ask.