Even Better Than the Real Thing

The Udvar-Hazy Museum is impressive. It's part of the National Air & Space Museum; however it's much larger - about four times as big. Housed in a hanger outside Dulles Airport, the musuem has more planes than you can count. And not just replicas, but many of the actual aircrafts that have helped shape aviation history.

The students had lots of different favorites here. A lot recognized SR-71A Blackbird that came to life in the Transformers movie. Others liked the many WWII era fighters and bombers including the Enola Gay. A few liked the Nemesis - a competitive air racing champion. Mr. Musselman particularly like the Space Shuttle in the McDonnell Space Hanger.

Hovever, the general consensus as the most exciting part was the flight simulator ride, in which students climbed inside a closed cockpit and flew as if they piloting a jet. "It was so much fun," said Bailey. "I turned upside down to try to make Leonard sick." Be it known that Leonard managed just fine...

Now off to dinner.