Many real and replica planes, helicopters, and spacecraft telling some of aviation and space history.
There were too much to take photos of everything. Here are some representative examples of air and space craft (mostly real, not replicas).
The huge building and congestion of exhibits didn't always cater to good photo opportunities. Here's one of them.
 |
| Wright Flyer - 1903 |
World War I-era training aircraft
 |
| Curtis Jenny |
Snoopy's plane
 |
| Sopwith Camel |
Largest wooden amphibious plane ever built
 |
| Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose |
 |
| Forward Interior of Spruce Goose |
 |
| Interior Looking Aft |
Helicopter used as Vietnam-era cavalry
 |
| Huey |
Unmanned capsule similar in look to the space capsule flown by Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space
 |
| Foton |
America's first manned space program
 |
| Mercury Capsule |
 |
| Capsule Interior |
America's first space program to the moon
 |
| Mission Control Console Used during Apollo missions |
During my first Air Force assignment, I operated the computers used to plan the flights, communicate the reconnaissance reports, and analyze the maintenance systems data for this aircraft.
 |
| SR-71 Blackbird |
Russian fighter aircraft
 |
| MiG-23 |
Comments
Post a Comment