The Bad Influence Speaks

View of one side of the hanger at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. This gives you an idea of how much of a visual overload
the center can be. It's amazing, and confusing, and not to be missed.

Enola Gay at the Smithsonian Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is a mass of planes since the start of avaition. I'm not sure which this one is beyond probably WWII.

Looking down the entrance to the James S. McDonnell Space Hanger at the space shuttle Discovery
at the Smithsonian Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Isn't she gorgeous?

View along the side of the space shuttle Discovery at the Smithsonian Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Heat tiles on the side of the Space Shuttle Discovery at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Looking straight at the nose of the space shuttle Discovery at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
(The Atlantis display at Kennedy Space Center is more awe-inspiring. This one is kind of plain.)

WWII Planes at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center as part of the National Air and Space Museum.
I know the one with the propellers facing you is a F4U Corsair (thanks to watching too  much
Black Sheep Squadron with my father as a kid). The other might be a P40 Warhawk as flown
by Chennault's Flying Tigers in China.

Btw, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is a giant hanger near Dulles airport that houses many of the
planes preserved by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. It's worth a trip out.

Statue of Pocahontas at Historic Jamestown

My sister can't resist trying on thing like this armor at Jamestown Settlement.