I visited the Udvar-Hazy Center Smithsonian Museum in May 2016. This is the 4th and last page of this article.
Focke-Wulf Fw190-F.
Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden-Kai. George.
Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden-Kai. George. The underside of the main wing and machine gun.
Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden-Kai. George. The zoom-up of the propeller.
Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden-Kai. George. Propeller and engine.
Aichi M6A1 Seiran float. Look in the back Kawasaki Ki-45 Kai Toryu fuselage.
One of the weapons I’d like to forget, but which should never be forgotten. A suicide attack weapon Ohka (cherry blossom). I think such a weapon shouldn’t be used even if applicants were there. It’s too regrettable that the possibility of the survival rate is zero. At least, it should have been the mechanism that a seat was fired several seconds before the collision.
Nakajima J1N Gekko (Moonlight). Irving.
Dornier Do335 A-1 Pfeil.
The fuselage of Heinkel He219A Uhu.
The fuselage of Heinkel He219A Uhu.
Northrop P-61C Black Widow.
Northrop N-1M flying wing.
Biplane Fowler- gauge tractors.
Halberstadt CLIV. Lozenge pattern camouflage has been beautifully reproduced.
Spad XVI.
Machine gun mounted on the Caudron G.4.
Caudron G.4.
The number of biplanes is also quite large.
I took a picture during a toilet break. Plastic models were also displayed. Maybe they are not plastic, solid models.
Ryan PT-22A Recruit.
Strategic reconnaissance aircraft Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird. I held a camera considerably from far away and, at last, all in flame.
The machine gun of the Hawker Hurricane IIC.
The muffler of the Hawker Hurricane IIC.
Messerschmitt Me 163 B-Ia Komet.
I could observe the Restoration Hanger over the glass. It’s pretty large.
Judging from the cockpit shape and the main wing, this is probably the bomber B-25 Mitchell. They seem to be making a 1/1 scale of a plastic model, which seems fun. If it’s a hobby, it’s the last hobby.
Engines and wheels can be seen.
Twin-engined flying boat. Is it being painted?
UDVAR-HAZY CENTER is good at the display. In Japan, it would be difficult for an exhibition to hang large airplanes by wires from a large earthquake is often.
Curtis 1A Gulf Hawk. I think this is for acrobatic flights.
It was taken in the direction of the commercial aircraft exhibition area.
Boeing 367-80.
Biplanes.
Biplanes.
There is an observation deck in UDVAR-HAZY CENTER, and sees a control tower of the Dulles International Airport over there.
From the observation deck, you can see many aircraft passing in preparation for landing.
All the exhibits are indoors, and the condition is excellent. There are lots of detailed explanations, and I do not get bored. I was very missing leaving in a few hours. I wanted to watch them for about two days if possible.
(26-May-2016)
I am interested in models of tanks, airplanes, ships, military figures, I build them little by little when I feel like it. I am also interested in the history of war. My starting is Tamiya’s Military Miniature series in elementary school.
From elementary school through university students repeatedly suspend and restart my modeling, it’s about 25 years of this hobby’s history.
From February 2007 I was quietly doing a site called “Miniature-Arcadia”. It is being transferred to this blog with the same name from December 2016. My update pace is uneven, but please come to see me here occasionally.
