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Five New Galleries Are Opening at DC’s National Air and Space Museum in July
The new and renovated galleries will be unveiled as part of the museum's $1 billion renovation. How to get free, timed-passes ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
That Time We Bombed a Volcano
Pilots are advised to avoid volcanic eruptions, but in 1935, a squad of U.S. bombers took a more aggressive approach.
The National Interest on MSN10d
Boeing’s YC-14 Cargo Jet Was One of the Strangest Planes Ever Built
Boeing’s YC-14 stands as a bold experiment that, even in cancellation, advanced the science of flight. Boeing’s YC-14 emerged ...
Smithsonian Magazine4y
In the Museum: The Original Airliner
The Museum's Boeing 247-D is displayed with two sets ... the curator of commercial aviation at the National Air and Space Museum. “Yet there were major breakthroughs in aircraft technology ...
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Top Aircraft To See At The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Today, the Boeing 247 is rarely talked about ... started it all and should be at the top of the list for all Air and Space Museum visitors. In addition to the main museum, the Smithsonian also ...
Space.com on MSN8d
NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to lift off May 15 as Lego Icons model
On May 18, 2025, Lego will release the new Shuttle Carrier Aircraft kit that celebrates the storied space shuttle Enterprise ...