Went to DC this weekend for a Ball....

[ctjoyce]

....but somehow ended up here  8)

First off I want to say that all of these pictures were taken with the 0.7 megapixel camera on my Motorola V300 cellphone, as I forgot my camera in my hotel room

Now the background of this trip is that I was to attend the 2005 Potomac Ball and presentation of debutants, where I had the pleasure of escorting a georgeous young lady by the name of Ashley Smith. However I had some time to kill on saturday, so I felt like going for a strool down the national mall. And when I saw the Air and Space museam I couldnt help but go in.

The good 'ol DC-3


Here she is again, but a full body shot.


The USS Carol Vincent


The Front of the deck, loaded with F-14's and A-6's


A-4 Skyhawk w/ a hellcat overhead


The front view


Ozzy I got one for ya


And another


This is a wall of every aircraft used in WWII by every service. Kinda cool really.


The Esta 300S bringin back the FS95 days


Not the virgin global flyer, but same airframe.


Well I plan to post pictures of the ball once I get them back from the photographer.

Cheers
Cameron

[Rifleman]

Excellent idea to stop in at the Air and Space Museum.....I would have done the same thing.....thanks for doing the best under tough circumstances with only a cel phone camera...........

I think your "Carol Vincent" may be the Carl Vinson ?

? Next ?.....the Skyhawk and Hellcat ?....by the looks of the wing fillet and dive brake flap, I would rather guess at a Douglas Dauntless..........

The "Esta" 300S may be just a spelling error....that would be one of Walter "EXTRA's" designs, the 300S indeed .........

Not picking, but it would be a shame for those who don't know, to learn some aircraft by an incorrect name.....

[TacitBlue]

Also, That is Voyager, not Global Flyer. It has almost nothing to do with Global Flyer. Voyager was designed by Burt Rutan and flown around the world non-stop by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager in 1987. The trip took 9 days. Otherwise, very interesting pics. I'll have to get back to the smithsonian one of these days.

[Jakemaster]

Cell phone cameras work better outside.  I got some fairly good pics out of mine at WOH airshow

[blckhwk1]

I LOVE THE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM!

[ReverseThrust]

I think it'd be hard to find a resident here who doesn't!

I went to the new branch at Dulles this past October and it is Really Cool