National Air and Space Museum
Welcome to the National Air and Space Museum. I visited and photographed the museum in 2017. Bear in mind that museum exhibits change from time to time, so the exhibits pictured here may not be there in the future. In fact, the America by Air Exhibit is supposed to be closed mid 2018 for renovation. I usually shoot without a flash to avoid distracting other people. To do this I increase the ISO value of my shot which means that some of these pictures will appear grainy, especially if enlarged. It was impossible to see everything during the 3 or 4 hours I spent at the museum, so I ended up cherry-picking the sections that were most interesting to me. That said, I think the following photos are fairly representative of what you can expect to see when you visit the museum.
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National Air and Space Museum
"Ad Astra" (to the stars)
by Richard Lippold
Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall
National Mall Entrance
Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall
Just say no to nuclear missiles
SS-20 "Pioneer" and Pershing II banned by 1987 Treaty
Apollo Lunar Module LM-2
"Spirit of St. Louis"
Ryan Aeronautical NYP monoplane
"Spirit of St. Louis"
Second Floor overlooking Boeing Hall
North American X-15 in center
Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall
The Wright Brothers and & The Invention of the Aerial Age
Wright Brothers
Wright Brothers
Wright Brothers
Legend, Memory, and the Great War in the Air
Hollywood takes to the air
Might be a Spad S.XIII
Might be an Albatros fighter
Interpretive Sign
German Aircraft Factory Exhibit
1000 lb Mark 6 High-Explosive bomb
Early Flight
P-51 Mustang model
Caption
High-altitude "stratospheric" Balloon
Caption
Caption
Early Flight
Sea-Air Operations
l to r - Grumann F4F, Douglas SBD-6 Dauntless, Douglas A-4C Skyhawk
Douglas A-4C Skyhawk
Boeing F4B-4 (upper right)
Douglas A-4C Skyhawk (lower)
Douglas SBD-6 (upper right)
11 ft model of USS Enterprise
built by Stephen Henninger
Detail of USS Enterprise model
Space Race
Museum Shop
V-1 Flying Bomb
V-2 Rocket
and Skylab
Ballistic Missiles
Skylab
Skylab Exhibit
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Exhibit
Apollo Command Module
Bell X-1
Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket
General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
Boeing Phantom Works
X-45A
America by Air Exhibit
Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing
Early Commercial Aviation
Eastern Airlines Douglas DC-3 upper center
Forward Fuselage of Northwest Boeing 747
American Airways Ford Tri Motor
Cockpit and forward cabin area of Douglas DC-7
Northrup 4A Alpha
LZ 129 Hindenburg model
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