NASM Udvar-Hazy Center

"John T" wrote in message ws.com...
"Jim Weir" wrote in message


The promo literature all says it is at the corner of two highways.
It ain't. The idiots that wrote the literature were all locals that
KNEW the entrance was two miles away from that corner. Try and find
it. There is no signage.

I'm not the author you'd like to see in front of the firing squad, but...

The Annex is indeed on the lot at the corner of two highways: US Rt50 and VA
Rt28. There are *lots* of signs on major highways in the area (VA267, I-66,
US50, etc.) explaining what exits to take and giving directions to the
entrance.

The entrance is not on the corner. The brochure is misleading. However, there
is plenty of signage.

I want to know how gate 4 suddenly became gate 317. Why not gate 9 3/4?

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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I want to know how gate 4 suddenly became gate 317. Why not gate 9
3/4?

I wondered about that, myself. But then again, I've always wondered by the
post office sets up 5-digit house numbers on streets with 4 homes.

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John T
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They do that so you have a clue approximately where something is in
relation to others...

Ask a fireman, a medic, a policeman or a pizza boy what Im talking
about.. those 4 houses may be in the 125xx block of Numbnuts avenue..
but the 12500 block will tend to have the same or nearby cross streets
within neighborhoods (or even entire towns)... sometimes, by numbers you
can even tell how far from the corner the house is (and the corner may
be where the fire plug is..)..

Its not perfect, but it helps those of us who have to find you in a hurry..

John T wrote:

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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I want to know how gate 4 suddenly became gate 317. Why not gate 9
3/4?


I wondered about that, myself. But then again, I've always wondered by the
post office sets up 5-digit house numbers on streets with 4 homes.

There may be now, Ron. There were 3 sets of calibrated eyeballs coming from
Baltimore on the Monday before Christmas. We came down the beltway, found the
east-west highway (50???) and then came to the junction of 50 and the highway
leading to Dulles. Not a scrap of paper in sight. We had no idea whether to
keep going on 50, turn up towards Dulles, down away, or whether we had already
passed it.

Perhaps it is better now. That day, as I said, was not much fun in the
navigator's chair. We took two wrong turns before we accidentally stumbled on
the right path.

Jim



"Ron Natalie"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-The entrance is not on the corner. The brochure is misleading. However,
there
-is plenty of signage.
Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com