Seeing the space shuttle Discovery was awesome!
Here is another picture for perspective.
Aside from the space shuttle, there were all sorts of planes and helicopters, ranging from early models to a stealth jet and a Concord. The Enola Gay was there too. It's so massive. It's difficult to imagine that hulking plane ever getting off the ground. Some of the early versions of helicopters were little more than a seat attached to rotors and a mechanism to steer it. The person who flew that was seriously brave.
Later in the afternoon, we went up to an observation tower, which was a former air traffic control tower. Since it was raining, we could barely make out the Blue Ridge Mountains. Unfortunately, we didn't see any planes coming in for a landing at Dulles Airport.
We also watched an IMAX film about the Hubble Satellite, seeing pictures of the furtherest reaches of space known to man. Some of these pictures were simply amazing. The film also revealed a little about how astronauts train for space flight and showed actual footage of an astronaut crew repairing the Hubble.
The boys had fun. They were fascinated by all of the planes. Ethan wanted to take some of the planes home. He said Daddy could fly it home and then we could keep it in the living room. (Oh sure, no problem.)
Getting home was a headache. It took two hours to drive 50 miles. We got stuck on the Capital Beltway. I'm glad I don't have to drive that everyday.
Next week, it's the National Zoo.
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