Udvar Hazy

One of the things I saw in the Udvar Hazy Center was a collection of foods that the Russian cosmonauts ate. There were things like vacuum-packed bread, coffee and cream(which you squeeze out of a tube), cabbage soup(same idea of eating) and others.

There was also some American food like vacuum-packed M&M's.

The next display case that was interesting was the Charles Lindbergh display case. There were pins with little airplanes made of shells and stuff that didn't make sense with Lindbergh's plane slapped onto them. There was a Brotherhood of Some Monks pin with the plane circling the globe.

In this picture, you can see pins, cigarette cases, watches, buttons, letter openers, and a figurine. I even saw a hand washer soap thing called Lucky Lindy! There were bookends with his face and coin banks and mugs and other stuff.

D.C. trip part 5

We went to the Steven Udvar Hazy Center. It had a lot of airplanes, gliders, and gondolas of hot air balloons. Not to mention helicopters, models, artifacts, and uniforms. I took pictures of all the cool airplanes. They are below.

Beechcraft King air 350 (above)

Messerschimdt 163 Komet ( above)

German WWI biplane (above)

We also went on a tour. The tour guide told us that in their collection, they had a plane that was the same model as Hitler's plane. He also told us how the Enola Gay chose bombing targets. We also learned that the Aichi Seiran thing was meant to attack San Diego. They tried to do this with huge submarines and catapults on them. Over all, the tour was pretty interesting.

D.C. trip part 4

We went to the American History museum. We saw the Gunboat Philadelphia. That was really cool since it was a wooden boat with real cannons and stuff. It was like our Lego pirate boat except with only one mast. It had 3 cannons and 8 swivel guns. It was sunken by a british ship. A 24 pound bar shot sank it.

I also saw the Star Spangled Banner. The first American flag. It was much bigger than I imagined.

D.C. trip part 3

We went to the Natural History Museum to see the butterflies. We saw them and they were pretty cool. There was a cool blue Morpho that we couldn't photo since it was always flying. We could actually see the butterflies well since the room was small and many were resting on leaves. They even had cocoons. So many butterflies were there that it was very easy to photograph them. We also saw the ocean exhibit. It showed that one time the great killer of the seas was a ammonite. It was basically a snail! I also saw thatanother beast was a scorpion!

D.C. trip part 2

We went to the Museum of the American Indian. It was pretty cool. The outside was Kasoba limestone or something and the surronding area had decorative statues. We first watched a film in the 'Lelawi Theater'. It was about how Native Americans had roles in the community. We saw some folktales about some weird people who jumped into the sky and became stars. I also saw crafts and canoes and statues. There was also a place called Our People. It had crafts and gold and guns. The gold was all from Inca Peru and the Aztecs. The Spanish made the Incas pay one entire room full of gold and two others full of silver to get their king back. The Spanish, after the ransom was paid, just killed the king and ran away. The guns were all from North America, with a few from Siberia and Europe. It talked about how the guns affected Indian life. The one that looked coolest was the Siberian Eskimo's gun.

D.C. Trip part 1

We went to the Jefferson Library of Congress building. At first, we were about to go to the Madison Building but some one said that there was nothing to see. So we went to the Jefferson Building. We had gone here before but hadn't fully explored it yet. First, at the Info desk, we got 'passports'. It was where you put your passport into a machine and you did Learning Quests about information in that exhibit. I liked the 'Exploring the New World' exhibit the most. It was about the exploration of South America and the Caribbean. In that exhibit, I liked the 'Monster or Human' activity the most. It was where a old mapmaker put random things on his map and you had to decide whether they were monsters or humans.

The sad thing about the Jefferson Building was that you couldn't read any books. All you could do was watch other people read books.