The Airchive - Udvar Hazy Museum Dulles, VA

Boeing 314 Model
This cut-away model is invaluable. The 314 was the ultimate Flying Boat, entering service in 1940. Pan Am and BOAC each took delivery of three for overseas routes. The combination of WWII and the newly built runways led to a short service life for these luxurious giants. By 1946, Pan Am had sold theirs off. Unfortunatley none survive today.

	Stephen Udvar-Hazy Air Museum / Dulles, Virginia This extraordinary museum opened, located adjacent to Washington D.C. Dulles Airport, opened on December 15, 2003. It is named for its biggest donor who donated over $50 million to the project. Udzar-Hazy is an extension of the National Air and Space Museum. Many of the aircraft displayed at the facility had been in storage for many years at the musuem's restoration facility.

	Boeing 307 Stratoliner The 307, a plane ahead of its time, was the first pressurized airliner. Only 5 were built, with this the only surviving example. TWA and Pan Am began operating them in 1940, but were transferred to the war effort a year later. Clipper Flying Cloud was completely restored, but on a test flight crashed into Elliott Bay in Seattle, Washington in 2002. The crash landing resulted in some corrosion and damage but the plane was restored quickly and ferried to Udzar-Hazy in 2003.

	Boeing Dash 80 (707 Prototype) One of the most significant single aircraft ever built, the Dash 80 is the prototype of the first successful jet airliner the Boeing 707. It is actually more akin to the KC-135 tanker with its short body and narrow fuselage. The Dash 80 rolled out on May 15, 1954 and first flew in July, 1954. This plane is in its nearly original state with the exception of the TurboFan Pratt & Whitney engines. Boeing used it as a flying test bed until 1972, when it was stored at Marana, Arizona. In 1990, it was ferried back to Seattle where it was restored over a twelve year period. Donated to the Smithsonian nearly thirty years ago, this awesome airplane finally flew to its new home in August 2003.


	Air France Concorde This Concorde was promised to the National Air and Space Museum by Air France way back in 1989. This example, Air France's high time Concorde in the fleet, inagurated service to the U.S. in January 1976 to Washington Dulles. It returned to Dulles in the Summer of 2003 following its retirement.


	Federal Express' First Dassault Falcon It is popular lore, that the remarkably successful Federal Express concept of guaranteed overnight package delivery received a D grade as founder Fred Smith's college thesis. This Falcon 20, retired in 1983, named "Wendy" after Fred Smith's daughter. As Fed-Xs first aircraft, it flew from 1974-83.

	Junkers JU-52/3m The Ju-52/3m had its first flight on march 7th 1932 and the Douglas DC-3 had its first flight on december 17th 1935. The first flight of the Ju-52/3m was even earlier than the first fligtht of the DC-1 ( july 1st 1933). The DC-3 America's successfully answer to the german Ju-52/3m. The original Ju-52 had its first flight on october 13th 1930 and had only 1 engine, later this version was called as Ju-52/1m.The Ju-52/3m was operated by airlines in Europe (Lufthansa, DNL, Ala Littoria), Africa (SAA) and South America ( Lloyd Aereo Boliviano, Syndicato Condor, VARIG, VASP, Aeroposta Argentina, Ecuatoriana). The skin of this aircraft is the inspiration for Lufthansa's current cabin and image design. Thanks to T. Werner for this info.

	Boeing 314 Model This cut-away model is invaluable. The 314 was the ultimate Flying Boat, entering service in 1940. Pan Am and BOAC each took delivery of three for overseas routes. The combination of WWII and the newly built runways led to a short service life for these luxurious giants. By 1946, Pan Am had sold theirs off. Unfortunatley none survive today.

	Boeing 314 Model This cut-away model is invaluable. The 314 was the ultimate Flying Boat, entering service in 1940. Pan Am and BOAC each took delivery of three for overseas routes. The combination of WWII and the newly built runways led to a short service life for these luxurious giants. By 1946, Pan Am had sold theirs off. Unfortunatley none survive today.
	Airliner Model Case
	Braniff Boeing 727-200 Model This example is depicted in now defuncts Braniff's 1971-78 "Flying Colors" scheme.
	Braniff Boeing 747-100 "Fat Albert" Model This is a model of Braniff's famous 747-100, also known as the Great Pumpkin and Big Orange. This was the high time 747 at the time flying daily from DFW to Honolulu. Until London services commenced, this was the now defunct airline's only 747. Big Orange flew the last flight of Braniff I, when it went bankrupt in May 1982.
	Airbus Model Case Nearly the entire current Airbus line is represented here in house colors.
	Boeing 707 Prototype Model The 707 first flew in 1957 and entered service with Pan Am on October 26, 1958. It was longer and had a wider fuselage than its Dash 80 predecessor.
	Bonanza DC-9 Series 10 Model Las Vegas based Bonanza flew DC-9s very briefly before merging with two other airlines to form Air West, which is a descendant of today's Northwest Airlines.
	Eastern Airlines DC-9 Model Eastern was a major operator of the DC-9 using 10s, 30s, and 50s from 1966 until the airline ceased operations in January 1991.
	Lockheed L-188 Electra Model Resplendant in Lockheed house colors, this model represents the quintessential turbo-prop of the late 1950s. The Electra was initially a near disaster due to a serious structural flaw which resulted in numerous crashes, and then grounding. Over time, it recovered and became a very dependable and much loved airliner. Reeve Aleutian Airlines flew them in frontline service in Alaska until 1999.
	Braniff Boeing 727-100, Delta DC-9 Series 10, and Southern DC-9 Series 10 Models
	National Airlines Boeing 727-200 Model National operated over thirty 727s from its Miami base from 1964 until its sale to Pan Am in 1980. National was America's first all jet airline, with the 727 functioning as the backbone of the fleet. This example is painted in the 1968 "Sun King" livery.
	Northeast L1011 Model Boston based Northeast ordered, but never operated Tri-Stars before being merging with Delta in 1973. Oddly enough, an L1011 in this "Yellowbird" scheme appeared in South America in 2002, belonging to Peruvian based Northeast.
	Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser From 1950 to the dawn of the jet age, this was the Queen of the Sky. Passengers loved the Strats double deck configuration (complete with lounge), while airlines loathed its unreliable engines.
	TWA Boeing 307 Stratoliner The 307, a plane ahead of its time, was the first pressurized airliner. Only 5 were built, with this the only surviving example. TWA and Pan Am began operating them in 1940, but were transferred to the war effort a year later. TWA's eccentric owner Howard Hughes flew one as his private plane.
	Trans Caribbean DC-8 This San Juan based airline operated DC-8s for a very short time prior to its buyout by American Airlines in the early 1970s.
	Sikorsky S-38 Model This aircraft pioneered Pan Am's routes in Latin America in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Charles Lindburg flew these on route exploration trips on behalf of Pan Am.
	Boeing B-29 Superfortress "The Enola Gay" This is the very plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945 under the command of Paul W. Tibbets. The plane's atomic cargo, destoryed 90 percent of the city of Hiroshima. Many say it and the next atomic bomb dropped on Japan ended WWII. I can tell you that it is aquite somber experience to see in person.

	Grumman Goose This 1948 era amphibian was the forerunner to the larger Albatross.
	Learjet 23 This is the second or third Learjet manufactured by Bill Lear; the Lear first flew in 1963.
	SR-71 This example of the blazingly fast SR-71, holds the record for the fastest U.S. transcontinental flight. In 1990, it flew from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. in 59 minutes, on it's way to being donated to the Smithsonian. The SR-71 was a high altitude spy plane which could ascend to the edge of space of 80,000 feet.
	Space Shuttle Enterprise The Space Shuttle is often called the world's largest glider. The Enterprise lives up to that claim as it has never been propelled by any other force than the wind. This prototype was launched off the top of a specially configured 747 for testing, and never flew in space.
	Lockheed 5C Vega "Winnie Mae" This depicts the aircraft Oklahoman Wiley Post used to break many aviation records in the early 1930s. Will Rogers did fly in the Winnie Mae, but he and Wiley Post were in a different plane, an unnamed Lockheed Orion-Explorer float plane, when they died in Alaska in 1935. The airplane on display is the actual airplane. It was bought with a special appropriation of Congress from Mae Post, Wiley's wife. They paid $30,000 for the airplane Find out more at wileypost.com