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Ron Natalie wrote:

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Cub Driver wrote:
For a hard-core aviation nut, no question that the Udvar Hazy annex is
the place to be.
I agree - at least as far as "big" goes. Most important "firsts" are
still downtown, though, and I don't know of any plans to bring SpaceShip1
or Voyager to Udvar-Hazy. Nonetheless, to get within a couple feet of the
Blackbird, Enterprise, Concorde and Enola Gay is impressive at U-H.

Speaking of Space Ship 1 does anybody know how the exhaust cone got
crunched? It is very obvious with it hanging up so high.



I dunno, but I suspect we can find out. It was sitting out at Hazy
completely wrapped in a blue tarp for a while (although the shape was
rather distictive so you knew what it was). I'll have to ask around.

The story is that the cone was dented on the original flight to 328 Kft;
it was repaired and stiffened in subsequent flights. It was restored to
the dented condition, to make it "authentic" -- to represent the way it
was after the first 328 Kft flight.