Took a trip to the Museum today!


"Dedicated to all those who have a passion for flying"

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird :

I swear I couldn't have enough of this thing, it's VERY impressive in person!



























More to come!

 

Way ahead of its time..

In the early 60's there was a small fire at the Skunkworks, the local fire department showed up and saw an SR-71 prototype with smoke surrounding it.. a few were more than justified in thinking it was alien technology

 

The SR-71 always amazed me as a kid. I was lucky enough to see a demonstration of one at an airshow at Wright Patterson AFB. The pilot flew very low to the ground at an incredible speed over the runway. I'll never forget it.

 

For a second I thought it was going transform haha.. jk
thanks for the pictures I havent gotten a chance to visit here yet.
Must do this !

 

Nice pics, the SR-71 was without doubt one of the most the most impressive planes of its time. Mach 3 capable and able to fly at 70K+ feet

 

Thanks for the pics!

Post processing? Seems like the first several pics have some lomo treatment done to them

 

Crap, this reminds me that I have almost 300 images for Udvar that I haven't processed.

 

^Get started

 

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I have about 70 more of Udvar Hazey on my flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/reverse...7621403128705/

 

is there more than 1 air & space museum? i was there in April and it looked different...i didn't see half the stuff posted here

 

The is the Udvar Hazey Center at Dulles Airport, the Smithsonian Annex

 

I can't look at that blackbird without thinking of Transformers now

And a trip back to the air and space museum is in order for me sometime this summer.

 

Jup any pano's there? I see 15mm but it looks wider than that..

btw I hate you both, I didn't get to go to Udvar...

 

No none are pano's, I used 15mm Fisheye and 24-105. I walked the entire place once with the fisheye and then again with the 24-105mm.

 

damn that fisheye is nice!

 

btw i will be swarming your flickr set later, don't be alarmed

 

Great shots man how long did the walk take you =P?
if you did it twice with each lens ?

 

I think it was about two hours with each lens, maybe a little less the second time around. It was a little over 400 images.

 

Hey, you pay $12 to park so you might as well walk the whole place multiple times.

 

That $12 is what the Airport Authority collects.

 

Awesome pictures buddy! Love the SR-71 and the F-14 shots.

 

hey this was a pretty nice video - Extreme Aircraft -

http://www.hulu.com/watch/92116/mode...aft#s-p1-so-i0

check it out

 

what kind of camera was this?

 

Aviation rocks!

Blackbird rules.

Gold foil FTW.

I heart NASA.