Air & Space Museum

I'm going to be in Washington for a few days next month. I have
limited time and would like some opinions re the two Air & Space Museum
sites -- at the Mall vs at Dulles. Since I won't have time to do both
sites, which would be the better. We will have a couple of kids with us
also.
Thanks for any input.
DCMacLean

DCMacLean wrote:
I'm going to be in Washington for a few days next month. I have
limited time and would like some opinions re the two Air & Space Museum
sites -- at the Mall vs at Dulles. Since I won't have time to do both
sites, which would be the better. We will have a couple of kids with us
also.
Thanks for any input.
DCMacLean
What interests you more?
X-1? Voyager? Skylab mocckup? Missles? go downtown.
Space shuttle? Boeing 707? Concorde? Go to Dulles.

Michelle

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DCMacLean wrote:

I'm going to be in Washington for a few days next month. I have
limited time and would like some opinions re the two Air & Space Museum
sites -- at the Mall vs at Dulles. Since I won't have time to do both
sites, which would be the better. We will have a couple of kids with us
also.
Thanks for any input.
DCMacLean

If you are going to be in DC proper, go to the NASM in the Mall. It is
well worth the effort. The Udvar Hazy Museum is great, also, as it has
on display the big stuff that the downtown museum could not display.

My take: strawberry vs chocolate ice cream.

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:38:19 GMT, Orval Fairbairn
wrote:

In article ,
DCMacLean wrote:

I'm going to be in Washington for a few days next month. I have
limited time and would like some opinions re the two Air & Space Museum
sites -- at the Mall vs at Dulles. Since I won't have time to do both
sites, which would be the better. We will have a couple of kids with us
also.
Thanks for any input.
DCMacLean

If you are going to be in DC proper, go to the NASM in the Mall. It is
well worth the effort. The Udvar Hazy Museum is great, also, as it has
on display the big stuff that the downtown museum could not display.

My take: strawberry vs chocolate ice cream.

The thing about the mall is: you walk in, you look up, and there's
NX-211.

It does something to your knees.

Don

DCMacLean wrote:
I'm going to be in Washington for a few days next month. I have
limited time and would like some opinions re the two Air & Space Museum
sites -- at the Mall vs at Dulles. Since I won't have time to do both
sites, which would be the better. We will have a couple of kids with us
also.



I've been to both of them and don't really have a preference... both are great.
I'd suggest you go to the one you can get to the easiest. If you're staying in
the District, go to the mall. Otherwise, Dulles is a lot easier to get to from
outside.

And if you ever get to make a trip by yourself, go visit Suitland, MD and check
out the Silver Hill facility where they do all the refurbishing. It's right off
Route 5 between DC and Marlow Heights.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

DCMacLean wrote:

I'm going to be in Washington for a few days next month. I have
limited time and would like some opinions re the two Air & Space Museum
sites -- at the Mall vs at Dulles. Since I won't have time to do both
sites, which would be the better. We will have a couple of kids with us
also.

By coincidence, I was just at both of them this past Sunday. Dulles had
some cool planes but all of them were way way way too clean. it looked
like every plane was re-painted yesterday and hand polished every day.
The one on the Mall was a bit better. They weren't about to repaint the
X15 or the SpaceShipOne. Seeing both of them gave me goosebumps.
Seeing some of the actual fabric and the broken propeller from the
Wright Flyer covered my entire body in goosebumps (I got my pilots
license the same day, 12/17/03...mine was 2003 though). I'd definitely
go for the mall. in all honesty though, the Museum of Flight in seattle
was better and in some ways the Pima Museum was better too even though
both don't have so many famous airplanes.

Gerald

"GS" wrote in message
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[...] in all honesty though, the Museum of Flight in seattle was better
and in some ways the Pima Museum was better too even though both don't
have so many famous airplanes.

Ack! (And I mean that in a Bloom County Opus way)

I love the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, and of course with the Museum
of Flight at Boeing Field in Seattle being practically in my back yard I
encourage any good words anyone has to say about it.

But better than the NASM?

Sorry, can't agree. I've seen similar statements made about the Dayton Air
Force Museum, and at least there I can see the point (even if I disagree).
But Pima and MoF just don't compare. The NASM has a breadth AND depth that
is unmatched, and at the Mall there are excellent side-exhibits (including a
most-awesome art gallery, and of course various art pieces throughout, along
with the planetarium and IMAX theater).

Besides, the NASM is the only place you can see "To Fly!". Frankly, that
alone would be the reason to see the original Mall site first, if you've
never been to either. Dulles will be there later, with all of its great
artifacts as well.

Pete

"Peter Duniho" wrote in
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Besides, the NASM is the only place you can see "To Fly!". Frankly,
that alone would be the reason to see the original Mall site first, if
you've never been to either. Dulles will be there later, with all of
its great artifacts as well.

Pete




"To Fly!" is available in VHS. A quick search found it at eBay and
Amazon.com. At one time there was also a LaserDisc version. I do not
recall ever seing a DVD version.

--
Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

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Marty Shapiro wrote:
"Peter Duniho" wrote in
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Besides, the NASM is the only place you can see "To Fly!". Frankly,
that alone would be the reason to see the original Mall site first, if
you've never been to either. Dulles will be there later, with all of
its great artifacts as well.

Pete




"To Fly!" is available in VHS. A quick search found it at eBay and
Amazon.com. At one time there was also a LaserDisc version. I do not
recall ever seing a DVD version.

To Fly! shows occasionally at Hazy (it's not in the rotation now
apprently). But since it was the FIRST movie that the NASM IMAX
had (and the only one for a long time), I've seen it a ton of times.

Best to check www.nasm.si.edu to see what is showing if you're going
to base your visit on what is there. They only show To Fly! one time
a day (1:45 currently) downtown.

Fighter Pilot and Magnificent Desolation are also good ones to see
in the current rotations. I haven't seen Roving Mars or Space
Station yet.

Maybe To Fly! will return to Hazy after they get rid of Harry Potter
(ugh).

"Marty Shapiro" wrote in message
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"To Fly!" is available in VHS. A quick search found it at eBay and
Amazon.com. At one time there was also a LaserDisc version. I do not
recall ever seing a DVD version.

That must be what I was thinking of; I remember looking for a DVD copy for
myself, without success. Now that you mention it, I think the VHS version
may still be available new.

However, I wouldn't even consider getting it on VHS. Bad enough to have to
suffer through a standard-definition, small-screen DVD version if one
happened to be available.

But it's absolutely worth seeing on the full IMAX screen. A person who
hasn't yet, and who has the chance to, needs to do so.

Pete