The
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum expanded the space by moving the larger
airplanes to a hanger near the Washington-Dulles Airport in Chantilly,
Virginia. It is a series of
connected hangar-like structures designed to accommodate artifacts too
large for the flagship building. More than 400 million cubit
feet of space allows the center to display smaller aircraft suspended
from the ceiling, each one angled as if in flight. The museum is
the length of three football fields
and is ten stories high!
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