I finally went to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly Virginia. This is the annex to the Air and Space Museum in downtown Washington.
We went there to see the new Mission Impossible movie on the huge IMAX screen that they have there. Even though the musuem is “free” parking in the parking lot cost 15 dollars. However after 4 parking is free. The movie started at 5:40 and the museum closes at 5:30 so we had some time to look around. This museum is basically a huge warehouse for all of the extra planes and items that could not fit in the museum downtown. There is minimal explanation on all of the planes there but it is enough to explain the importance of every item there.
The above pictures show how this place seems to showcase many planes side by side in a huge hanger.
One of the many military aircraft on display This is a military helicopter.
Above is some of the space exhibits on display.
The above 2 pictures are replicas of the shuttle Enterprise. Now that the space shuttle has been retired Chantilly will be getting a real shuttle to display soon. Not sure which one though.
Finally here is a plane that some of the Tuskegee Airmen flew.
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