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Bill Gilman (Navy Bird)
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Udvar-Hazy Museum, Dulles Airport Virginia

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7 20 April 2012, 23:02
Holger Kranich
I knew that i have to visit this museum! But after your pix, i have definately to go there!!! Thank you for making more than 1 pic from the F-14!
21 April 2012, 05:05
Burkhard D
Awesome!!! An aerospace engineer's Mekka😎
21 April 2012, 06:47
Philip De Keyser
Wow what a collection, thanks for sharing those pix Bill, this is a great museum, greetz Phil
21 April 2012, 06:55
Bill Gilman
I may have some more photos of some of the other aircraft, let me see if I can find them. What I've uploaded so far is not the complete collection from the museum. By the way, the Udvar-Hazy Museum is the "annex" for the National Air and Space Museum that is located on the mall in Washington, D.C. It contains the aircraft that won't fit in the main museum! Also, the restoration facility is also at Udvar-Hazy. I think I have a couple of photos of that. Cheers!
21 April 2012, 16:27
Zimmermaniac
we need to arrange a " scalemates " daytrip 🙂
21 April 2012, 16:36
Bill Gilman
Besides Udvar-Hazy at Dulles and the NASM in Washington, also nearby is the U.S. Marine Corps Air-Ground Museum at Quantico, VA. Lots to do when you're in the DC area!! We will need more than a day!
21 April 2012, 16:44
Bill Gilman
I added two photos to this collection, both are pictures of aircraft that are awaiting final restoration. The photos were taken from a balcony that overlooks the receiving area at the back of the museum. The first is a Curtiss Helldiver, and the second, more interesting, is the only surviving Nakajima Kikka, Japan's first jet fighter. Both were still on their shipping pallet and covered with a clear plastic sheet, but you can make out what they are. Enjoy!
26 April 2012, 13:59
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
There are no "TANKS" :´-( Heul...
26 April 2012, 14:04
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
🙁
26 April 2012, 14:04
Holger Kranich
You´ve gotta go to the Aberdeen proving grounds, there are a lot of tanks!😢
26 April 2012, 14:19
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Overloon (NL) isnt that bad too!Aberdeen,i dream at night from. 🙂
26 April 2012, 14:22
Holger Kranich
I´d give a ball for visiting Kubinka! Overloon is on my "to-do-list"!
26 April 2012, 14:28
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Hö Hö 🙂
26 April 2012, 15:14
Bill Gilman
Holger is right, Aberdeen is the place to go in the US if you like heavy armor. I was there once for work (back in the 90s) and we went "down range" for a live fire muzzle velocity test of the M1 Abrams. The ground shook...Holy Crap!! 🙂

They were also testing a T-72 (I think that was the designation, I'm afraid I don't know my tanks well) which they brought back from Gulf War I.
26 April 2012, 15:16
Burkhard D
There's a nice tank museum at Bovington in the UK...~SW of London
26 April 2012, 16:20
Mike Kryza
Hi Bill - thanks a lot for these nice pics - very fine!!!
26 April 2012, 16:24
Wilfried Bogaerts
I've been to the Overloon Museum a couple of years ago and I was pleasantly surprised! There's also a model shop opposite the museum entrance, DINNISSEN MODELBOUW. The shop is included in the Scalemates database.
26 April 2012, 16:29
Wilfried Bogaerts
Very important, despite located in Holland, the food was excellent! 😉
26 April 2012, 16:32
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
The food is exellent but makes chubby belly,if to much . 🙂
26 April 2012, 16:37
Dirk Heyer
Holy Crap! So many Originals! OMG, and I`m so far away and can`t see all the beauty's!
I`m really jealous.
Thx for sharing the pictures!
Greets
Dirk
26 April 2012, 18:37
Bill Gilman
They're the real thing, too, not replicas! I wish that the entire Horton flying wing glider was there. But at least it is preserved for the future.
26 April 2012, 19:31
Aghis Barberopoulos
Mind blowing collection!
3 October 2013, 18:54
Dave Flitton
Awesome! This is what my son was talking about when he suggested we visit when I go see him in DC
3 October 2013, 19:28
Ludovic
I have visited it this summer. What an awesome souvenir. Thank you for the pics!
4 October 2013, 08:03
Es-haq Khosravi
What a museum! Are these planes all real?!! Nice pix! Thank you Bill!
4 October 2013, 11:02
Martien Lourens
How large is that museum?Man that is paradise
4 October 2013, 17:06
Bill Gilman
Martien, the museum is huge, although not as big as the National Museum of the US Air Force in Ohio. You are right it is paradise! Es-haq, all the planes are the real thing. I believe there is one replica, which is the Wright Military Flyer from 1908. Everything else is real. 🙂
4 October 2013, 17:21
Clifford Keesler
Awesome.
25 February 2014, 00:17
Bill Gilman
Awesome is right. Next time I go back I'll bring a real camera and take some good pictures. I had some more recent photos of the Helldiver restoration, but they were lost by AT&T when I was switching over to a new phone. Bummer.
25 February 2014, 00:28
B
I used to live in Rockville,Maryland and my family went here once in a while! It was awesome!!! My favorite was the Enola Gay. Have you been to the one in DC? They have an amazing collection! They have Apollo 11's Capsule "Colombia" and (what would of been) Apollo 19s lunar lander. (Apollo 18s Lunar lander in in CT) there's also a lot of WWII aircraft,and a whole naval aviation exhibit (my favorite!) it's such a cool museum,if you have time check it out!
25 February 2014, 01:09
B
Also did you know that the weaponeer of Bockscar (Frederick Ashworth) is from Beverly,Massachusetts. That's where I'm from,he went to Beverly High School. That's where I'm going next school year. See: en.wikipedia.org/wik..orth#Project_Alberta
25 February 2014, 01:12
Jermaine Hoskin
I love this place, its 30 min from my house.
25 February 2014, 01:12
Bill Gilman
Yup, I've been to the one on the mall in DC. My son works at Ft. Meade so we visit down there a lot.
25 February 2014, 02:30
Bill Gilman
Any of you guys been to Chino?
Planes of Fame Museum, Chino California USA | Album by Navy Bird
Most of these babies still fly! Including the Zero! Any plane you see indoors with a drip pan under the engine is a flying example.
25 February 2014, 02:34
Karel Struna
been there last year. One of the best museums ever.
25 February 2014, 11:41
John Thomas
I was there this pass April, A Great Place
25 February 2014, 13:38
Adam Carter
Thanks for sharing, thats an amazing collection!
28 February 2014, 13:22
Spanjaard
Never been in US, if I ever do,I will certainly do whatever is needed to do in Dulles.....this place is a gold mine!
23 September 2023, 14:33
Robert Podkoński
Six hours is not enough 😉 I've spent there almost 8 hours, until the battery pack in my camera almost boiled 😉
23 September 2023, 14:36
Spanjaard
LOL 😄
23 September 2023, 14:56
David Taylor
Great collection.
23 September 2023, 18:19

Album info

The pictures aren't the best quality, but it should give you a good idea of this museum. If you're travelling through Dulles Airport, arrange about a six hour layover. The shuttle bus to the museum costs only 50 cents, and admission to the museum is free! Storage lockers are also available free!

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