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Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG daytrip in DC area - Sat., October 12th
From: Robert Clark <rclark@desupernet.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 10:58:55 -0400
References: <20020823065000.6711.h001.c007.wm@mail.directvinternet.com.criticalpath.net>

Mitch:
Just received my email (haven't checked it in over a week)...Is there 
room left on the tour/visit?  I'm from Lancaster, Pa and would enjoy 
driving down for the visit.  Last January, Steve hosted a group in 
DC...were you there?  What's the date for this one?

Thanks,
Robert Clark
Lancaster, PA

Mitch Zeissler 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
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