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Went to DC this weekend for a Ball.... (Read 315 times)

Nov 27^th, 2005 at 8:19pm

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....but somehow ended up here 8)

First off I want to say that all of these pictures were taken with the 0.7 megapixel camera on my Motorola V300 cellphone, as I forgot my camera in my hotel room Sad

Now the background of this trip is that I was to attend the 2005 Potomac Ball and presentation of debutants, where I had the pleasure of escorting a georgeous young lady by the name of Ashley Smith. However I had some time to kill on saturday, so I felt like going for a strool down the national mall. And when I saw the Air and Space museam I couldnt help but go in.

The good 'ol DC-3

Here she is again, but a full body shot.

The USS Carol Vincent

The Front of the deck, loaded with F-14's and A-6's

A-4 Skyhawk w/ a hellcat overhead

The front view

Ozzy I got one for ya Wink

And another 8)

This is a wall of every aircraft used in WWII by every service. Kinda cool really.

The Esta 300S bringin back the FS95 days

Not the virgin global flyer, but same airframe.

Well I plan to post pictures of the ball once I get them back from the photographer.

Cheers
Cameron

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Reply #1 - Nov 28^th, 2005 at 1:40am

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Excellent idea to stop in at the Air and Space Museum.....I would have done the same thing.....thanks for doing the best under tough circumstances with only a cel phone camera........... 8)

I think your "Carol Vincent" may be the Carl Vinson ?

? Next ?.....the Skyhawk and Hellcat ?....by the looks of the wing fillet and dive brake flap, I would rather guess at a Douglas Dauntless..........

The "Esta" 300S may be just a spelling error....that would be one of Walter "EXTRA's" designs, the 300S indeed ......... 8)

Not picking, but it would be a shame for those who don't know, to learn some aircraft by an incorrect name..... 8)

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Reply #2 - Nov 28^th, 2005 at 2:37am

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Also, That is Voyager, not Global Flyer. It has almost nothing to do with Global Flyer. Voyager was designed by Burt Rutan and flown around the world non-stop by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager in 1987. The trip took 9 days. Otherwise, very interesting pics. I'll have to get back to the smithsonian one of these days.

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Reply #3 - Nov 28^th, 2005 at 3:46pm

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Cell phone cameras work better outside. I got some fairly good pics out of mine at WOH airshow

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Reply #4 - Nov 29^th, 2005 at 11:08pm

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I LOVE THE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM!

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Reply #5 - Nov 30^th, 2005 at 9:24pm

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I think it'd be hard to find a resident here who doesn't!

I went to the new branch at Dulles this past October and it is Really Cool
In addition to the banner attractions (ie, concorde, dash 80, sr-71, space shuttle, enola gay) they've got an F-35, E-6, Falcon 20, Lear 25, and tons of vintage props as well as loads of model planes in display cases. I saw a fighter plane Imax there (Red Flag) too.

The best part is the observation tower-- the NASM hangar is located just south of Dulles's Major north-south runways, so one can watch the afternoon arrivals from overseas at eye level and see thier landing, as well as all gates and depatures on the east-west runways. Bring a scanner if you've got one as they removed the ATC screen for BS 'security reasons'.

Taken from the Parking Lot at Dulles

Anyone on this site should go there sometime in their life!

Hope the ball went well....

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