Wave Issue 0346 01/16/04 Article 6-01

*** Steven F. Udvar-Hazy center National Air & Space Museum Now
Open
(December 15)

The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum has
built a new museum for the display and preservation of its
collection of historic aviation and space artifacts. In honor of
its major donor, it has been named the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy
Center.

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center opened to the public on December
15, 2003. The Udvar-Hazy Center is south of the main terminal at
Dulles Airport in northern Virginia, near the intersection of
Routes 28 and 50. The 70,611-square-meter (760,057-square-foot)
building is situated on 176.5 acres. The facility has a large
aviation exhibit hangar and a separate space exhibit hangar, an
observation tower from which visitors can watch air traffic at
Dulles Airport, classrooms, a large-format theater, food service
and more. A shuttle bus service runs between the downtown Museum
and the new Center for a fee.

Aircraft pictures at the museum, taken by Digital Aircraft Log
photographer John Latta, are available at