Good weather, a day off, lets hit the Metro.
Rellow Line
Grabbing my camera pack, I had a goal. I really wanted a side shot of a taking off American Airlines plane. That cool livery, the off matte silver, with the US flag on the tail. If I get the light just right, yeah.
Hopping on the metro, I got under way. Listening to some Causal Criminalist to cut out the the painful feed back on the PA speaker (yay 3000 series trains).
The yellow line really is the best. Mainly because when it crosses the river, it goes over it. The blue line goes under.
Planes
After getting off at the airport (DCA), I made the hike to the little park just north of it. Pulling out my camera, I put the smaller of my zoom lenses on, and waited.
Thankfully, I didn’t have to wait very long.
Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about.
Hanging Planes
I decided to rent an e-bike back to the airport, as it was a lot faster that walking. And I had an idea. Why not hit the the Air and Space museum. It’s been a long time since I’ve hit the one in DC. I’ve mostly been waiting for the renovation to finish, but hey, I’m already here.
I booked a last minute entry pass (they’re free), and headed in.
They still have a lot of work to do. Half of the place is still closed off. I was really just trying to kill time, and wait for DC rush hour to be over. Nothing truly eye grabbing for me. Until I looked up.
A little family history here. That, is a North American Aviation X-15. The fastest manned aircraft ever flown. Setting a record at Mach 6.70 at 19.3 mi of altitude. That’s 4,520 mph. The supervisor, of the X-15 program was a man by the name of Ira H. Abbott. My great grandfather. That’s the family plane right there.
They also have the original starship Enterprise model from the original Star Trek series.
I do love the museum, and I can’t wait for them to finish the renovations. But for now, it was time to go. Because the place was closing, and we were being kicked out.
Thankfully, my rides home were both on a nice 7000 series train. I do like those.