Hi all, Just a few shots from my recent trip to Washington. Never really had time to get some good shots, these ones were taken through glass at LHR / Dulles. I had a few hours to spare before my flight back to LHR so I popped into the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum which is on the perimeter of Dulles airport. Apologies for the quality, my main computer has died and I am using my v slow laptop with rubbish screen.
All the best
Si
My ride out to the States…G-BYGE (I think)
Over the Atlantic at FL380
1st 707 prototype
Boeing??
Falcon
Some shots from the terminal before my flight home.
By: Si Jones - 7th June 2007 at 21:13
Nice shots Si… how was the trip?
I saw G-BYGE sitting on the Tarmac at LHR last week. You got some nice shots from inside the musuem. Are there anymore to come?
That Falcon… did FedEx ever really use them?!:confused:
Andrew, thanks for the comments, I took quite a few shots in the museum but they are mainly military and the space shuttle, so I guess they would not be very welcome on this photo thread. It was amazing to be standing beside the B29 that dropped the Atom Bomb on Hiroshima, the Enola Gay (all sorts of thoughts were going through my mind as I looked at her). The museum also had the Global Challenger, A Space Shuttle, Concorde and many many more aircraft. They really know how to display aircraft well. The trip went very well, however with only 2 days in the States it really does knacker you out. I was working at NAS Patuxent River where the USN carry out all their flight trials, managed to get up close and personal with the JSF F35.
Regarding the FEDEX Falcon 20, yes they had a huge fleet of these aircraft and belive it or not a lot of them are now flying in the UK as Flight Refuelling bought them who operate them for the Fleet requirements and Direction Unit based at Bournemouth.
All the best
Si
By: A330Crazy - 7th June 2007 at 00:32
Nice shots Si… how was the trip?
I saw G-BYGE sitting on the Tarmac at LHR last week. You got some nice shots from inside the musuem. Are there anymore to come?
That Falcon… did FedEx ever really use them?!:confused:
By: E-GPF - 5th June 2007 at 20:46
Some nice shots there Si if you have any more you can share feel free to post them
Regards
Peter
By: Manc - 5th June 2007 at 19:00
nice pics! you “shore” get about!
By: Manston Airport - 5th June 2007 at 18:53
Brilliant shots Si.
JAmes
By: PMN - 5th June 2007 at 17:21
Superb shot’s, Si! Funnily enough it was only yesterday I was looking at some photos of ‘Clipper Flying Cloud’. Must’ve been great to see the Dash 80 up close as well. That aircraft has some history!
Paul
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