The Smithsonian’s aerospace collection also will eventually be displayed in the 53,000 square foot James S. Other notable exhibits include the S-R 71 Blackbird, an American spy plane that still holds the record as the fastest plane ever built and the space shuttle Enterprise, which was used by NASA to test various concepts during the development of reusable spacecraft. The Enola Gay is one of 82 racers, gliders, helicopters, warplanes and airliners currently on display in the Smithsonian Institution’s nearly 294,000-square-foot aviation exhibit hanger. “The Hiroshima bomb started the whole nuclear age, that’s why I wanted to see it,” said Philip Wheaton, 78, of Takoma Park, Md. Interior of new museums new annex, showing Enola Gay (R on tail fin). Restoration work commenced in December 1984. Only the fuselage was on display, accompanied by basic facts and information about the plane's restoration. Unlike the cancelled exhibition, ' Enola Gay ' contained no interpretation, no graphic images, and no melted objects. Udvar-Hazy Center said, however, they considered the Enola Gay an important part of aviation history. Exterior of Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum annex, Chantilly, Virginia. Air Force transferred the Enola Gay to the Smithsonian on July 4, 1949. On June 28, 1995, an exhibition, simply titled ' Enola Gay ,' opened at the National Air and Space Museum. Some visitors at the opening of the Steven F. This is an awesome museum, but it wasnt designed for photography. I was in awe of this flying machine when I first saw it at the Udvar-Hazy National Air and Space Museum. Japan surrendered unconditionally six days after the Nagasaki bombing. The Enola Gay is a tangible piece of history. “If they want to show these planes, that’s fine but we can’t help but also demand that they show the damage and the stories that take place behind these weapons,” said Terumi Tanaka, 71, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb attack, which occurred three days after Hiroshima.Ī total of 230,000 people were killed in the two attacks. 6, 1945, by the Enola Gay on Hiroshima was not included in the exhibit.
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Several elderly atomic bomb survivors from Japan also expressed dismay that information on the effects of the bomb dropped Aug. Summary: This accession consists of records created and maintained by Martin Harwit, Director of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 1987-1995, documenting plans to exhibit the 'Enola Gay' and the resulting controversy. Siemer, 73, of Columbus, Ohio, was charged with felony destruction of property and loitering, while Gregory Wright of Hagerstown, Md., faced a misdemeanor loitering charge. (1 record storage box) Collection: Accession 14-212. Two men were arrested after security broke up the demonstration. ? A small group of protesters briefly disrupted the official opening of the National Air and Space Museum’s new annex at Dulles International Airport Monday, spilling a red liquid supposed to resemble blood near the Enola Gay exhibit and throwing an object that dented the airplane.