This is a behind the scenes tour into the back buildings & resto shops of
the Smithsonian Museum, now how would some of you LBC'ers like a tour of
this kind ????
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> September Program Reminder - Restoration Facility Tour Sep 28
>
> This is a reminder that the second half of our two-part program
> concerning the restoration of historic aircraft from the era of the
> Model
> A. Everyone enjoyed the presentation at the meeting on September 18th,
> given a docent at the Paul E. Garber
> Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility of the National Air and
> Space Museum will present a program about the
> restoration and storage of aircraft, focusing on the golden age of
> aviation from 1923
> to 1938.
>
> TOMORROW, September 28th, at 10 AM, will guide a tour of the
> 3
> buildings still open at the Garber facility. The facility is named in
> honor of Washington, DC native Paul Edward Garber who was instrumental
> in
> collecting more than half of the 352 Smithsonian-owned aircraft. The
> tour
> will include a behind-the-scenes look at the workshop where all phases
> of
> the restoration process are handled from fabric work to rebuilding
> engines.
>
> Only three buildings are open at Garber due to the pending move to the
> new
> site being built at Dulles Airport across from Sully Plantation. The
> new
> facility will be named the "Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center" in honor of its
>
> major contributor. It is due to open in December of 2003. A new
> interchange is being built at this time near Sully Plantation that will
> change the entrance to Sully. So in a way, we will be getting to know
> our
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