That museum, which willremain open, is the most visited museum in the world, drawing 9million guests in an average year and nearly 11 million in the 12months ending Sept. His company also designed the Air and Space Museum's mainfacility on the National Mall 25 years ago. 'The biggest challenge was to create a building worthy of thecollection,' said Bill Hellmuth, designer of the exhibitionhangar. The museum was constructed in 30 months on 176acres next to Dulles International Airport. Udvar-Hazy exhibition hangar, 28 miles west ofWashington D.C. All these andmany other flying machines can be found in the dazzling exhibits ofhistory and technology at the Smithsonian Institution's newNational Air and Space Museum.ĭozens of aircraft and spacecraft - including military,commercial and experimental models - are on display at the museum'smassive Stephen F. ABlackbird spy plane and the space shuttle Enterprise.
31, 2003 - The Enola Gay and a supersonic Concorde.
