The lavishly detailed NASM Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center was
dedicated Thursday in front of an enthusiastic crowd of politicos
and aviation devotees. The headliner, VP Dick Cheney, spoke
effusively of the new facility and the history (and promise) it
represents.
The new Smithsonian facility was built to house and display an
immense collection of historic aviation and space artifacts. Named
the "Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center," in honor of the guy who pretty
much paid the bills for this amazing facility, the new museum is
located at Washington Dulles International Airport, south of the
main terminal at Dulles Airport in northern Virginia, near the
intersection of Routes 28 and 50. The 760,057-square-foot building
is situated on 176.5 acres and includes a large aviation exhibit
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