Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html