Bese to vec davne 2004, kada sam pred svoj povratak na stari kontinent posetio Smithsonian Air & Space Museum u Washingtonu.
Novi aneks ove institucije, Udvar-Hazy centar, pored aerodrome Dulles, bio je upravo otvoren i poceo da nudi posetiocima pristup neverovatnoj kolekciji letelica, do tada nevidjenoj, zbog ogranicenog prostora u glavnoj zgradi muzeja kod National Mall-a. Ulaznica muzeja obezbedjivala je i prevoz autobusom od jednog do drugog centra.
Za svakog vazduhoplovnog entuzijastu, inzenjera, ili osobu sa interesom za istoriju i tehnologiju ovakva poseta se priblizava iskustvu koje pretpostavljam da poklonici religije imaju prilikom hodocasca.
Osim masina koje su namerno ostavljene u ne-restaurisanom stanju (poput P-38 na primer) , sve ostale izgledaju kao da samo treba da zapuste motor i polete - a neke bi sigurno to i mogle.
Evo kolekcije slika koje sam tom prilikom napravio. Pocecemo od glavne zgrade muzeja, a onda prelazimo u tada novootvoreni hangar Udvar-Hazy. Uzivajte...
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Stizemo u hangarski deo izlozbe, gde se posle impozantnog ulaznog dela otvara pogled na leteleice koje smo svi gledali u knjigama i po dokumentarcima, sastavljali od plastike i crtali po sveskama.
Neki ce mozda prepoznati i lica, 11 godina podmladjena magijom stare fotografije...
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Jos nekoliko slika Ar-234, jedinog u svetu koliko mi je poznato, pa onda nastavljamo dalje...
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B-29; poznat po svojoj "mirovnoj" misiji nad Japanom... I onda jos neke lepe i retke masine
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Americana...
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U vreme moje posete, u posebnom svemirkom hangaru stajalo je "atmosfersko vozilo" Enterprise - prvi Shuttle sagradjen za testiranje u atmosferi. U medjuvremenu Smithsonian ga je na izlozbi zamenio operativnim Shuttlom Discovery, kojie je isao na misije u svemir....
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Evo i vijetnamskih neprijatelja, kako poziraju zajedno, kao na premijeri nekog holivudskog filma...
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Da zavrsim sa jos nekoliko legendarnih aviona.
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... i jos mnogo, mnogo toga da se vidi i dozivi...
Toliko od mene.
Bravo kolega :bravo na predivnim slikama, čime si bar malo pokazao po svemu čuveni muzej :super
Iako sam ateista ipak mogu da razumem osecanja vernika u Meki ili Vatikanu, kada prvi put ugledaju Cabu ili Sv. Petra.
Bio sam u BG i u mnogim muzejima po Nemackoj ali u poredzenju sa prikazanim to je bilo kao Lurd prema Vatikanu.
:cry... :god
LEPO. Hvala za ovu foto reportazu.
Orgazam
Hvala puno na slikama!
pozdrav
Svaka čast i hvala na reportaži!
To treba dozivjeti, bio sam u istom također davne 2005 godine. Meni je kod tih muzeja u DCu fascinantna cinjenica da se nigdje ne placa ulaz i da drzava sve finansira. U nasim balkanskim zemljama muzeji vjecito u problemima...