Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mitch, I am interested depending on when it is (I'm in a job transition so my schedule is not totally under my control at the moment). I live in Doylestown, PA about two hours away from Maryland. - --- Mitch Zeissler <zeissler@directvinternet.com> wrote: > All... > > Steve LeHuray and I have been kicking around some > ideas for a fun LUG day-trip / > photo-shoot and have come up with what we think may > be a winner: a free, > reservation-only, docent-guided tour of the National > Air and Space Museum's > [NASM] Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and > Storage Facility in > Suitland, Maryland. > > The Garber facility is where the NASM preserves and > stores aircraft, spacecraft, > and other aerospace related artifacts, and is > contained within 32 buildings. The > guided tour goes through only 3 of the larger > buildings, including the actual > restoration shop, where you can ask questions of the > professionals that work > there. All of the exhibits of the NASM building on > the Mall first came through > the Garber facility. > > Each artifact at the Garber location has a story > behind it and there are all > sorts of one-of-a-kind pieces of historical > significance. One of my favorites is > the Horten IX (Gotha Go 229) flying wing from WWII > Nazi Germany, which has a skin > molded out of *plywood*. The example on display at > the Garber is one of the few > remaining in the entire world; details about it [and > actual photos of the example > at Garber] can be found here: > http://www.hotel.wineasy.se/ipms/stuff_eng_detail_hoix.htm > > Many other examples that are on display I have only > seen in old photos, and I did > not realize there were existing craft still > available for viewing and > *PHOTOGRAPHING*. The Garber facility allows photos > [flash and available light, > handheld and tripod, still and video] to be taken > throughout the *entire* tour. > > Having recently taken the tour through Garber, I am > planning on returning with a > tripod and a wide-angle lens, as my Noct and SF 20 > were swallowed by the dark, > cavernous interiors of the storage spaces and the > dark paint of the aircraft. > > Details about Garber, the tour, directions, etc. can > all be found here: > http://www.nasm.si.edu/nasm/garber/Garber.html > > All interested parties, please let me know ASAP. If > there are 10 folks or less, > I can setup the reservations via phone; larger > parties require a fax reservation > and a *lot* of lead time. > > Regards, > > /Mitch > _____________________________________ > Mitch Zeissler > E-mail: zeissler@directvinternet.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html