This is a behind the scenes tour into the back buildings & resto shops of the Smithsonian Museum, now how would some of you LBC'ers like a tour of this kind ???? ============================================================================ ==== > > > September Program Reminder - Restoration Facility Tour Sep 28 > > This is a reminder that the second half of our two-part program > concerning the restoration of historic aircraft from the era of the > Model > A. Everyone enjoyed the presentation at the meeting on September 18th, > given a docent at the Paul E. Garber > Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility of the National Air and > Space Museum will present a program about the > restoration and storage of aircraft, focusing on the golden age of > aviation from 1923 > to 1938. > > TOMORROW, September 28th, at 10 AM, will guide a tour of the > 3 > buildings still open at the Garber facility. The facility is named in > honor of Washington, DC native Paul Edward Garber who was instrumental > in > collecting more than half of the 352 Smithsonian-owned aircraft. The > tour > will include a behind-the-scenes look at the workshop where all phases > of > the restoration process are handled from fabric work to rebuilding > engines. > > Only three buildings are open at Garber due to the pending move to the > new > site being built at Dulles Airport across from Sully Plantation. The > new > facility will be named the "Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center" in honor of its > > major contributor. It is due to open in December of 2003. A new > interchange is being built at this time near Sully Plantation that will > change the entrance to Sully. So in a way, we will be getting to know > our
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