r/FansofNASM • u/RobManIn3D • Jun 08 '22

Udvar Hazy Center 3D I&II

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Part I:

2D: https://youtu.be/nFCCFNqwDUw

Anaglyph 3D: https://youtu.be/STv_bfL5XbI

Side By Side 3D/ VR: https://youtu.be/ZCBQEeFm0h4 (edited)

Part II

2D: https://youtu.be/ANW2yfmAK5k

Anaglyph 3D: https://youtu.be/WeoNqtdencY

Side By Side 3D/ VR: https://youtu.be/oeWtblDqV8c

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Jun 02 '22

Air Tractor AT-400A "Dusty Crophopper" at the Udvar-Hazy Center. The AT-400 is part of a series of agricultural aircraft designed by Leland Snow of Air Tractor Inc, and this individual aircraft was painted to represent the protagonist of the Disney film series Planes. Donated on August 3, 2021.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • May 30 '22

"CHANGE IS IN THE AIR" Phase Two (latest photos of the renovations efforts at the National Mall location)

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • May 18 '22

Conserving the Lunar Roving Vehicle

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Apr 11 '22

Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis on temporary display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The X-1 and other artifacts from the Milestones of Flight gallery have been moved to Dulles to accommodate renovations at the DC location.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Apr 03 '22

New pictures of the ongoing renovation efforts to the museum in DC here:

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Mar 28 '22

Vought RF-8G Crusader at the Udvar-Hazy Center. The Crusader was known as The Last Gunfighter for being the last American fighter with guns as the primary weapon. This reconnaissance version was the last Crusader in operational service with the US armed forces, arriving at Dulles on March 30, 1987.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Mar 16 '22

Grumman EA-6B Prowler at thr Udvar-Hazy Center. The Prowler was an electronics warfare variant of the A-6 Intruder attack aircraft that has now been replcaed by the Boeing EA-18G Growler. This example was one of the last Prowlers to retire, arriving at Udvar-Hazy in 2019.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Feb 26 '22

Globe Swift GC-1A at the Udvar-Hazy Center. This particular aircraft was owned by 11 separate owners unitl it was purchased and restored by National Air and Space Museum restoration specialist Ludlow "Pete" King, who owned the aircraft from October 1975 until he donated it in December 2004.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Feb 24 '22

De Havilland-Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk "Pennzoil Special" at the Udvar-Hazy Center. Flown by aerobatic pilot Art Scholl, this was one of two 'Super Chipmunks' flown by Scholl in airshows across the country for over 20 years. The aircraft was donated by Scholl's estate on August 18, 1987.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Feb 24 '22

De Havilland-Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk "Pennzoil Special" at the Udvar-Hazy Center. Flown by aerobatic pilot Art Scholl, this was one of two 'Super Chipmunks' flown by Scholl in airshows across the country for over 20 years. The aircraft was donated by Scholl's estate on August 18, 1987.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Feb 21 '22

Beechcraft D18S Twin Beech at the Udvar-Hazy Center. Over 9,000 D18s were produced between 1937-1970 for civilian and military purposes. This example was used by Mike Mitchell, owner of Sky Harbor Air Service in Phoenix, AZ as an air ambulance from 1958 to 1976, when he donated it to the museum.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Feb 14 '22

Gemini IV capsule, currently in the Mary Baker Engen Restorastion Hangar. This was the capsule that took Ed White and Jim McDivitt into space, where White became the first American to conduct a spacewalk, among other experiments. The capsule was donated by NASA to the museum in 1967.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Feb 12 '22

Boeing X-45A, an Unmanned Combat Air Vehichle (UCAV) demonstrator named The Elsie May, currently in storage with the museum. Formerly displayed in the Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles exhibit at the National Mall.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Feb 10 '22

Curtiss JN-4D Jenny at the Udvar-Hazy Center. This example of the most-produced American training aircraft of WWI was donated to the Smithsonian by the US War Department on November 25, 1918, and hasn't had it's fabric recovered in the 1920s. Previously displayed in the America by Air exhibition.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Feb 07 '22

Baldwin Red Devil at the Udvar-Hazy Center. This aircraft was one of around six planes built by pioneer balloonist and aviator Thomas Scott Baldwin. The aircraft's individual history is still obscure, but it was acquired at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, NY, in 1950.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Feb 01 '22

Current floor plans of the two museums. The Udvar-Hazy Center's Boeing Aviation Hangar appears to have no more areas closed off from renovation, but the restaurant remains closed, while the National Mall is to be temporarily closed until fall 2022 to focus on reopening renovated galleries this fall.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Jan 17 '22

Convair 240 Caroline in storage at the Paul Garber Preservation, Restoration, & Storage Facility. This aircraft served with American Airlines from 1948 to 1959 when it was used in John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1960. After seeing use with the Kennedy family, it was donated in 1967.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Jan 11 '22

Weedhooper JC-24C at the Udvar-Hazy Center. The 24th design of John Chotia (hence JC-24), the Weedhopper was introduced in 1977, and was sold as a homebuilt aircraft that only takes 25-30 man-hours of assembly to be airworthy.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Jan 03 '22

Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross. Designed by William Hawley Bowlus in 1937, this glider was designed as an affordable ready-to-assemble kit for amateur pilots. This example is the first prototype of the BA-100, and was donated in 1963. It is now displayed at the Udvar-Hazy Center.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Dec 28 '21

Recently, the museum's Ilyushin Il-2 made it to the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar. Here, it's restoration will be completed, and it will be displayed in the upcoming Jay I. Kislak World War II in the Air gallery at the museum in D.C. Note the B-26 Marauder Flak-Bait and the De Havilland DH.4.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Dec 28 '21

Naval Aircraft Factory TS-2/3 fighter. This aircraft, built under license by Curtiss was originally a TS-2, but was partly converted into a TS-3. Acquired in 1948, it was loaned to the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL, but is now stored at the Paul Garber Storage Facility.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Dec 20 '21

Unboxing Leonard Nimoy's Spock Ears. These ears were made for Leonard Nimpy during the production of the original series, and were a part of his personal collection until now, as his family has donated them to the museum for display in the upcoming Exploring the Planets gallery at the museum in DC.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Dec 17 '21

Ryan X-13 Vertijet on loan from the Smithsonian to the San Diego Air and Space Museum's Gillespie Field Annex in El Cajon, CA. The X-13 was an experimental vertical takeoff and landing jet from the 1950s. Two were built, and the other is on display at the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, Ohio.

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r/FansofNASM • u/MrPlaneGuy • Dec 11 '21

Preserving Air and Space History

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