Ski & AirSpace Annex
20 Mar 2005
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Danae, Ruth and John Puffett in the ski lodge at the WISP Ski Resort in Western Maryland.
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It was a beautiful day to hit the slopes.
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Watch Danae go! Grace in action.
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Going up to the top ... again.
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Going down ... nice and slow.
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The whole group taking a break for lunch.
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One of the few pics of Jerry.
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Beautiful twighlight.
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Cute Danae.
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The last run of the day.
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Would you want to fly in this?
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How about this?
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Or this ... one of the first commercial passenger airplanes.
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According to our guide, these were completely unknown before the end of World War II. These planes "folded up" and fit inside of a submarine torpedo chamber.
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The Winnie May!
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Yes, another plane.
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The place was loaded with historical planes.
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And modern planes like this, that can hover!
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Most will recognize this aircraft ...
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The retired space shuttle, Enterprise.
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Kirt & Lilian Fulcher and Danae & Jerry Fails.
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Many may recognize this now retired breed of airplane. The fastest commercial airplanes ever — the Concord.
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This is the fastest, declassified, manned airplane, the SR-71. Its last flight from L.A. to D.C. took under 1 hour.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/lockheed_sr71.htm
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Oops, how did a picture of Danae highlighting her hair get in here? O:)
What happened this week ...
We went on a ski trip to Wisp, a ski resort in western Maryland, with our friends John and Ruth Puffett. We all enjoyed ourselves. Danae and I hadn't been skiing in a while and we really enjoyed the treacherous black diamonds!
Later in the week we went with our friends Lilian and Kirt Fulcher to the Air and Space Museum Annex near Dulles Airport. It has a lot of interesting aeronautical history.
Love,
Jerry & Danae