TOPIC: Smithsonian Silver Hill visit?

Smithsonian Silver Hill visit? 1 year, 2 months ago #128

ckeating OFFLINE Fresh Boarder	We are bringing the ETPS rotary wing students over to the AHS in Virginia Beach. We will be in Washington the weekend after, I know its now closed to the public, but is there any way I can organise a visit to Silver Hill for them?
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Visit Silver Hill Paul Garber facility 1 year, 1 month ago #134

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I was there about 10 or 15 years ago and enjoyed it very much. Most planes have since moved to the big U-H facility at Dulles. The following link states that Silver Hill is closed to the public.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/visit/

A friend of mine spent time researching things there. He just told me a good way to get your foot in the door is to open a dialog with one of the professional research staff (e.g. captured aircraft archives). You could schedule a visit to do your own research for a half day. Maybe you could ask for a tour while you're there. I'm not sure how much is really there now.

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