Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Photos: Helicopter Day at Udvar-Hazy Center
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum hosts static display, kids activities centered around rotorcraft.
The Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum hosted an event dedicated to helicopters on August 11 at the Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles Airport in Virginia. Helicopters on display outside the museum consisted of a Fairfax County Police Bell 429, U.S. Coast Guard Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin, UH-72 Lakota, MD500 and Robinson R22.
Full Story: Air and Space Museum Hosts ‘Helicopter Day’
U.S. Coast Guard MH-65. Photos by Andrew Parker
Watch out! UH-72 cable cutter.
MD500 based out of Manassas, Va.
USCG MH-65 reflection in Udvar-Hazy Center hangar windows.
Robinson doors sitting against the Udvar-Hazy Center fence.
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