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>>434047

Looks like the Udvar Hazy Center, which happens to be about 10 minutes down the road. Thanks for reminding me that I should go there again soon.
>> Falldog !2qYdimqiHs
I need to go back with my new camera.

>>434054
Better hurry up. As soon as Transformers 2 comes out it'll start filling with bayfags.
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>>434051
Nice inflight view of Douglas DC-4 of American Airlines, NC90423. Airplane was built by Douglas for the USAF as a C-54B-DO, serial number 43-17192. American Airlines purchased the airplane on 12/7/45 and named it "Flagship Washington." http://www.stinsonflyer.com/sf-98.htm

Pic: US WW2-era DC-3, aka the C-47 Douglas Skytrain or Dakota transport.
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>>434065
I saw Transformers and The Dark Knight there. They were orgasmic.
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thread is about shiny, bare-metal airplanes?
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or shiny bare-metal '30s to 50's prop-driven civil aircraft?
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Well, I guess MATS isn't civil...but you get the idea.
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"Shiny, bare metal aeroplanes" is a great title for a thread. These '50s airliners look fantastic. This one looks a bit more matt, but, meh. Still works.

Think this is from one of Bat Guano's sets anyway.
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US Northrop A-17A 1937 attack plane.
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US North American O-47B 1934 observation plane.
>> Anonymous
Cracking stuff, thanks!
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I think this is my shiniest
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>>435840
I love that photo
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>>435810

That Connie was the first plane I was ever on.
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LOCKHEED EC-121D CONSTELLATION
The EC-121, originally designated RC-121, was a radar-picket version of the U.S. Air Force's C-121 passenger airplane. The EC-121 provided early warning by detecting and tracking enemy aircraft with the electronic gear in the large radomes above and below its fuselage.

The Air Force ordered 82 EC-121s between 1951 and 1955, 72 of which were EC-121Ds. The EC-121 entered service with the Air Defense Command in 1953, flying patrols off the U.S. coasts as an aerial extension of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line. EC-121s remained in service until they were replaced by more capable E-3 Sentry AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System). The last EC-121 was retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve in 1978.

In Southeast Asia, these unarmed radar aircraft aided in downing enemy planes, directed U.S. aircraft to aerial refueling tankers, and guided rescue planes to downed pilots. The aircraft on display was nicknamed Triple Nickel because of its serial number (53-555). On Oct. 24, 1967, over the Gulf of Tonkin, it guided a U.S. fighter into position to destroy a MiG-21. This action marked the first time a weapons controller aboard an airborne radar aircraft had ever directed a successful attack on an enemy plane. Triple Nickel came to the museum in 1971.
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TECHNICAL NOTES:
Engines: Four Wright R-3350s of 3,400 hp each
Crew: Varied, but usually 17
Maximum speed: 290 mph
Cruising speed: 240 mph
Range: 4,000 miles
Ceiling: 18,000 ft.
Span: 126 ft. 2 in.
Length: 116 ft. 2 in.
Height: 27 ft.
Weight: 145,000 lbs.

Unfortunately, the Air Force painted their converted Connies --the Warning Star radar picket planes-- gray.
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=328
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>>434054
that is Indeed the udvar hazy center. I am in DC a lot and I have visited that place a few times.