Evening Readers, Welcome back
Last week I mentioned that my Son and I went to Washington DC for a special occasion, and then went to the Air & Space Museum the next day to see the wonders of Aviation - one of The Holy Grails as I call it.
Well, I had been told by a very good friend of mine, Delta Airlines MD-90 Captain & Line Check Airman Bob Cottom, that the Spirit of St. Louis had recently been taken down from its hanging position and placed on the floor. According to the Air & Space website: "Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" on the floor of the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall. The
aircraft was lowered in early 2015 as a part of a major renovation of
the exhibition. The aircraft will undergo conservation treatment while
it's located on the floor of the Museum".
If you'd like to see the Spirit of St. Louis as she looked when she was first placed on the floor, click on this link: http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/multimedia/detail.cfm?id=9989
Now, having this knowledge before I walked into the museum, I was eager to get inside and see her up close and personal. Of course I made a bee line for "NX211", and while I was studying her, I watched this gentlemen with the purple gloves moving about the cowling area thinking he was going through some kind of cleaning process. Then all of the sudden, I realized that I was woefully mistaken ; he was going to take the cowling off! There I am, standing there somewhat dumbfounded and caught a bit off guard. So, after retrieving my phone and not having anytime to switch to video mode, I manged to get four pictures of the upper right engine cowling coming off the "Spirit of St. Louis".
Wow, all I can say is "WOW"; I was silent throughout the whole process, like I was in Church.
There was another gentlemen standing next to me, and he remarked after we watched the cowling coming off, "Well, you don't see that every day". He was right of course, I'll probably never see that again ever in my life!
Here is an overhead shot of the Spirit of St. Louis on the floor
showing just how close you can get up to her.
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