Alysa and Mitch's RV trip, DC - Air and Space

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May 13, 2004 13:49:42
A Mercury capsule from the 1960's.

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May 13, 2004 13:51:34
Old and new - Mercury capsule and the Shuttle

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May 13, 2004 13:54:44
A "flying wing"

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May 13, 2004 13:56:15
Alysa in front of a flying wing.

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May 13, 2004 14:01:43
The "Enola Gay." This plane dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945.

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May 13, 2004 14:15:34
Boeing 367

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May 13, 2004 14:22:34
Engines of a Concorde.

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May 13, 2004 14:23:20
Standing underneath the Concorde looking backwards.

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May 13, 2004 14:25:06
Concorde.

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May 13, 2004 14:26:47
Concorde.

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May 13, 2004 14:29:20
Charles Lindbergh's flight suit.

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May 13, 2004 14:36:30
The "Mother Ship" from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I'm not quite sure why this is here, but it is. There are some funny details on the ship such as a tiny R2D2 and a VW minibus.

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May 13, 2004 14:41:30
If NASA can have one, why can't we? This is apparently a quarantine facility. I think it's just a mock-up.

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May 13, 2004 14:44:40
Amelia Earhart's flight suit.

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May 13, 2004 14:44:51
Some more of Amelia's stuff.

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May 13, 2004 14:46:51
Wide shot of the Concorde.

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May 13, 2004 14:50:49

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May 13, 2004 14:58:30
Alysa standing in the "tower" of the museum. It looks over Dulles airport, about a mile away.

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May 13, 2004 15:12:48
Us in the tower.

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May 13, 2004 15:22:02
Also in the tower is some aircraft control equipment. The terminal is made by Raytheon. My father was very involved in the design of this station, so here I am calling him to tell him one is here.

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