Washington has a number of aviation-related destinations and
activities to offer. The most prominent is the Smithsonian’s National Air and
Space Museum, a free-to-enter staple on the National Mall that consistently
ranks amongst the most visited museums in the world.
Slightly less known is the
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex to the aforementioned Air and Space
Museum that is located out at Dulles International Airport in Virginia. The
Udvar-Hazy Center holds a number of aircraft that are either extra or cannot
fit in the museum on the Mall, including the Enola Gay (which dropped the first
atomic bomb on Japan), the space shuttle Discovery, and a first-generation
satellite.
For those willing to head off the beaten path, however, there is also
Gravelly Point. A small park nestled just north of Ronald Reagan Washington
National Airport, Gravelly Point offers the unique opportunity to sit and hang
out while a variety of airplanes coming in for landing right above your head.
The incredibly low passes of the airplanes offers a great opportunity for neat
pictures as well – below is a sample of a couple pictures others have taken, as
well as a video in order to give a better idea of the experience you are in for
should you take a day to venture to Gravelly Point. I highly recommend it!
Until next time,
- Max
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