Air, the lair of birds.
Air and space has been a large part of our history. From the wrights' to Neil Armstrong. From Black Wings to NASA. From Charles Lindbergh's St Louis to Atlantis. Air and space has been a dream, and it has been an accomplishment.
Yesterday, we went to the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, the most popular Smithsonian Museum. It would be a museum to remember.
We parked our car at a parking area by the infamous Ford's Theatre, and then walked to the Air and Space. It looked very big, and had a white brick style to it.
We walked in, and the security guard there said there was a bag check. Rebecca and I went through a metal detector, and we then got in. Above me, were planes, shuttles, and little spaceship. Sputnik, Apollo 11, an many old planes were above, looking like they were flying. It was fantastic.
The next section is divided into two parts, air and space. Air on the right side of the museum, and space on the left. Let us first start out with space.
We walked into many exhibits, some showing pictures of scape, and showing spaceships and astronauts tools, like tweezers and other things, like pooper scoopers, or trackers. We saw a lot of craft, and had a lot of fun. We learned about asteroids, black holes and space particles. There were many cool exhibits, about space travel. It talked about the space race, and also all the different space teams that went out.
In the main hall, and up on the second level, there were planes such as the Spirit of the St. Louis, and the Flyer (Wilbur and Orville Wright.), plus the Apollo mission space crafts.
Going down the aisle on the second floor overlooking the first floor, we saw all of that. The shuttle with creamy white showed themselves towering high above the others. The jet passenger planes, along with the small one person planes, were all equal in their uniquity. Some were more of a cylinder type, some more flat, but most cylinder.
Their was a beautiful array of colors. Most passenger planes had tree colors: silver(being metal), blue and red; silver, green, and yellow; and silver, orange and turquoise. They all had cool designs and some swirling of lines.
Also, it told about Charles Lindbergh, and his awesome flights, also with Amelia Earhart. It even told about a group that went around the world in planes, stopping only a little. I forget their exact name. Oh well.
We went over all that and more. I don't want to give it all away; I want you to see it for yourself.
They had 5 movie theatres in that one place.
In the air section, we saw what the inside of a '50's plane looked like, and learned about flight, planes (WWI, WWII, Military, Commercial), and the difference between then and now. Later, I got a book on the history of flight.
I was just absolutely amazed with all the space information they had, talking about how people looked at the sky, and movements of constellations. We saw all sorts of telescopes, and astronaut suits and materials they used.
In air, I really enjoyed the military usage of Ariel caera broadcasts over enemy territory, and of WWII bombers.
What the cool thing about the Smithsonian is that the aircraft were almost all original. They mostly had the real things, not factory reproductions. They were a great museum, filled with such priceless info as cannot be matched. The Air and Space had (it seemed) like museums inside of a muSEUM. Every little part was cool in it's own. I definitely will be coming back.
Houston, we have a problem,
Andrew.
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