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    Addendum to Jetter's DC Pics (the new WWII Memorial) NSR

    This is an addendum to Jetter's 04 Banner TR
    http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...&postid=137884
    which has awesome pictures!!!! (GO LOOK NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T) BEWARE THERE ARE ABOUT 70 IMAGES THERE! BANDWIDTH INTENSIVE!
    (it crashed my computer a few times... but then my computer is a dinosaur)

    This is pretty much just a slight addenum to Jetters outstanding work to add a few pics:

    World War II Memorial:

    So new! Finally it is done. I took these pictures on April 25th, 2004, before the memorial was opened to the public.

    http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic23003.jpg
    The World War II Memorial and Inscription

    Here is the memorial with the entrance from the mall. The memorial is outstanding. It is long overdue in my opinion. I love the inscription.

    There are flags with inscriptions that say something along the lines of "American troops went across the world not to conquer, but to restore freedom and liberty." I forget the exact quote. There were some other plaques and inscriptions I could not read including some bronze plaques with pictures depicting the war and the homefront.

    http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic23002.jpg
    Atlantic

    http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic23004.jpg
    Pacific

    http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic23005.jpg
    Wall of Stars

    The stars are hidden because I couldn't walk inside the memorial.

    http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic23006.jpg
    Wreath Pillars and Rainbow Fountains

    Each pillar has a memorial wreath and the name of a US State or Territory that fought in the war. There are 56 of them. The fountain was already there.

    http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic23007.jpg
    World War II Memorial - View from Lincoln Memorial

    Here is the view from the Lincoln Memorial with Washington Memorial and Capitol Building in the background. I like how great the memorial is without really breaking up the view that we are all accustomed to.

    I think they did an outstanding job on the World War II Memorial. IMHO it is a very fitting place to stand and consider the honor, sacrifice, horror, and victory of the worlds greatest conflict.

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    Udvar-Hazy annex to the National Air & Space Museum

    (annex is a misnomer.. it's bigger than the actual museum on the Mall!!!)

    http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic22999.jpg
    Enterprise

    Here is the Space Shuttle Enterprise (wing leading edge sections are missing because they were used for testing the ET foam theory of the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy... also an OMS pod missing). It looks a lot smaller than when I was a tiny kiddo and got to sit in the pilots seat when it was set up on the launch pad in CA.

    http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic23001.jpg
    Boeing 307 Stratocruiser

    They only made ten... and Howard Hughes wanted one of these so much that he bought TWA in order to get one!

    http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic23000.jpg
    Lockeed F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and Russian SA-2 Guidline SAM

    This JSF prototype is the first plane ever to do a short take off, go supersonic, and do a vertical landing all in the same flight.

    I'd put up a picture of the plaque commemorating my grandfather... but the museum didn't have it done yet... (that's why we went to DC!!!!!!!)

    The museum was awesome! I love that stuff so much... family is very involved in aerospace.

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    The trip to Washinton was fun... I got to visit all the monuments I wanted and see the museums I loved. There was a HUGE march on the National Mall on April 25th... I now know what a million people looks like. I saw two helicopters that I thought might be the president's and the decoy fly over that day... Jetter can you confirm or deny? I wish I'd had more time for the museums and galleries.

    This is an addendum to Jetter's 04 Banner TR
    http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...&postid=137884
    which has awesome pictures!!!! (GO LOOK NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T) BEWARE THERE ARE ABOUT 70 IMAGES THERE! BANDWIDTH INTENSIVE!
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    Yeah, I LOVE the Udvar-Hazy "annex". I couldn't believe how HUGE that place is. Gotta love the SR-71 in there - the actual one that set the world record LA to DC flight time.
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    Screw the NASM and their $12.00 "parking". Free admission, my ass. Or you can ride the shuttle from downtown for $3.50! Gotta buy a rountrip ticket though.

    one of the DC/VA/MD mags should drive there with some friends, and when you get to the toll for parking, tell them you're "just dropping these guys off" and see what they say!

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    nice pic's. That inscription says it all.
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    Originally posted by Jetter
    Screw the NASM and their $12.00 "parking". Free admission, my ass. Or you can ride the shuttle from downtown for $3.50! Gotta buy a rountrip ticket though.

    one of the DC/VA/MD mags should drive there with some friends, and when you get to the toll for parking, tell them you're "just dropping these guys off" and see what they say!
    AFAIK dropping people off is kosher... we took a taxi from the hotel and they didn't charge him anything to drop people off.
    Quote Originally Posted by blurred
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    yeah, but that's a taxi dude. I'm thinkin' private automobile.

    it IS an outstanding museum. I have a great many pics from that museum, I only posted one (that 307 Strat). But from a photog point of view, the lighting in there is awesome, esp. for a digital. I think my favorite bird in there would have to be the Arado A234 Blitz bomber, it's the only one left in the world.

    Summit - thanks for the pics of the WWII memorial. When I went up into the WA monument, I was wondering why the reflecting pool was drained and all tore up, but construction was so far along on the WWII monument that I didn't realize they were finishing something new.

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    Memorial Day Weekend bump
    Quote Originally Posted by blurred
    skiing is hiking all day so that you can ski on shitty gear for 5 minutes.

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