Day at the museum

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That's all for air and space dudes!
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The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum!
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at Washington DC along the National Mall
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and space
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SPACCEEE!
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Air
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offering insights of all things air
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the atriums are decked with overhead planes
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A decapitated 747
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for you landing gear nerds
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early air uniforms
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early rotary engine
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bzzzz tri motor vibrator simulator
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exploration of early air travel
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the capsule simulator section
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Night of the Museum 2 was filmed here
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covering the advances of early flight
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Early piston engines
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Got Bendix?
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Early jet engines
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which brought the world speed record race
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look a school field trip!
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The gallery of even earlier flight
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hand made propellers
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recognising our women pilots
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with lots of 'flying places'
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with theories explained
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brings out the kid in you!
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which lots of "try it out displays"
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fun with science!
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This is the fun part of the museum
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The museum Imax theater
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such as this one!
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got wind sock?
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back in the galleries
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bomber alert!
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early day bomb sight
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flight surveillance
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aerial photo of washington dc
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early days of flight
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first from earth
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with telescopes to boot!
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moving up with satellites
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various space telescopes and probes on display
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hubble!
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exploring the universe
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full scale mars lander model
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the satellite of the space race
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An indoor rocket garden!
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A 1-1 scale Hubble space telescope