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flying to new Udvar-Hazy Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
I was told at one of the big shows(Oshkosh? AOPA? I forget) by reps at
the Udvar-Hazy booth (with the awesome model of the new Smithsonian A&S museum) that 4 times per year general aviation aircraft will be permitted to land at Dulles and then taxi back to a parking area adjacent to the museum. It opens 12/15 (a Monday), so I'm wondering what the deal is. Sure would beat traffic to be able to fly in.... |
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It was my impression that there is no taxiway from the airport to the museum. There are indeed adjacent, and the ability to move aircraft from Dulles runways to the museum was a big factor in choosing that particular location (on the south edge of the Dulles property, I think just to the west of the intersection of routes 28 and 50.) There may well be a plan to open that route four times a year, as the NASM rep told you. But I doubt they would do that at anywhere near the opening, what with the stress of the opening / the centennial of flight / the Christmas season approaching. Udvar=Hazy is likely to be a zoo that week. On 19 Nov 2003 19:25:46 -0800, (Dave) wrote: I was told at one of the big shows(Oshkosh? AOPA? I forget) by reps at the Udvar-Hazy booth (with the awesome model of the new Smithsonian A&S museum) that 4 times per year general aviation aircraft will be permitted to land at Dulles and then taxi back to a parking area adjacent to the museum. It opens 12/15 (a Monday), so I'm wondering what the deal is. Sure would beat traffic to be able to fly in.... all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put CUB in subject line) see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com |
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"Dave" wrote in message om... I was told at one of the big shows(Oshkosh? AOPA? I forget) by reps at the Udvar-Hazy booth (with the awesome model of the new Smithsonian A&S museum) that 4 times per year general aviation aircraft will be permitted to land at Dulles and then taxi back to a parking area adjacent to the museum. That was what we were told originally, but Margy says that the taxiway crosses the access road and they will not allow you to taxi to the museum. You'll have to park at Signature or Hawthorne and get a ride over. Margy is lobbying for a GA flyin at the museum though. |
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In article , Ron Natalie
wrote: That was what we were told originally, but Margy says that the taxiway crosses the access road and they will not allow you to taxi to the museum. Yep... it sure is tough to close a road inside the airport fence. |
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"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
. .. That was what we were told originally, but Margy says that the taxiway crosses the access road and they will not allow you to taxi to the museum. Hmmm. For what they are spending on the annex, the extra cost to construct a bridge for the taxiway over the road couldn't be THAT significant, could it? Of course, as long as it's as hard to fly in the DC area, I suppose catering to GA just isn't a big priority. Pete |
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message ... Hmmm. For what they are spending on the annex, the extra cost to construct a bridge for the taxiway over the road couldn't be THAT significant, could it? Frankly, something as low tech as a stop sign would probably suffice. At the Army AIr Field I was based at we had stop lights and warning horms to keep you from crossing the approach area of the runway while aircraft were landing. |
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Frankly, something as low tech as a stop sign would probably suffice.
Lol - do they even have those for the alaskan highway slash runways? |
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"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
. .. Frankly, something as low tech as a stop sign would probably suffice. I think that depends on whether the access road is open to the general public or not (and I don't know whether it is or not). IMHO, if it's open to the general public, a stop sign *should* be sufficient but probably is not. Even a traffic signal is eventually going to result in an accident and a lawsuit. If it went to jury, aviation would certainly get the short end of the stick, regardless of signage. If the access road is only for "authorized personnel", as I assume the one at the Army base you referred to is, I think proper signaling of the intersection would be fine and relatively immune to nitwits. Either way, it's a shame there's no direct access to the museum right now. Pete |
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message ... "Ron Natalie" wrote in message . .. Frankly, something as low tech as a stop sign would probably suffice. I think that depends on whether the access road is open to the general public or not (and I don't know whether it is or not). It's the old Gate 4 access road. It's not open to the public. The public entrance comes in via a new fly over ramp on route 28 a little farther south and stays east of the museum ramp area. Once you get through that gate, you are able to drive into movement areas so you should be watching for aircraft anyhow. |
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"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
m... Once you get through that gate, you are able to drive into movement areas so you should be watching for aircraft anyhow. Ahh...well, then yes...I agree that not only should a stop sign suffice, it surely would as well. We have similar intersections around Paine Field (KPAE) and they work just fine. I suspect they are not all that rare at the larger airports. Pete |
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