--- Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Smithsonian institution opened a new museum near > Dulles Airport in Virginia in December last year. > My new employer (without naming names, it's the > largest "online" company in "America") had an "All > hands" meeting there last night. We basically had > the place to ourselves for 4 hours (i was there for > only 2 and shot 100 frames or so). > > the scale of the place is amazing. Yes that is a > real 707 parked next to the Concorde, adjacent to > the B29... etc, etc. The scary part is that there > is room for even more large aircraft. Oh, yeah, the > space shttle "Enterprise" has its very own space as > well (it never orbited, by the way, it was used for > atmospheric (glider) testing and practice). > > Anyway, here are 18 pictures where I try to convey > the scale and uniqueness of the place. > > Comments always welcome. > > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id20.html > > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id21.html > > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id22.html > > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id23.html > > Christian > Hi, Christian,
Some pretty cool stuff there. Geez, looks like one could lose one's self for hours (days?) in there! Like Norm, I love the Thunderbolt. One butt-ugly plane, but I understand the pilots loved it. Same with the Phantom. I love it, but damn it's ugly! IIRC, Dan flew them in Vietnam. I'll bet we'll hear from him on this thread (if we haven't already - gotta go back and look at the rest of the posts). Again, Christian, some great shots. It's not easy to make things in a museum look interesting and "different" (for lack of a better word), but you succeeded in spades here. cheers, frank ===== "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
