I would love to visit here Bill. As you say "a boyhood dream".

Oh, my! Looks like my living room floor after a major tank battle with my brother! And, yes, my Airfix B-17 is still hanging from the ceiling hook in said living room. I've noticed that it rotates on its nylon thread as the earth revolves around the sun during the course of a year! Keep up the good work! :-)

I've been to Washington three times in the last few years so how did I miss this place? I had a deprived childhood and never had any hanging models because "it will put holes in the ceiling" (never forget your mother's voice). That's not to say I wasn't interested in these warbirds. Great shot and another one for the bucket list.

I can understand your excitement! I should feel the same about the Natural History Museum in London.

Yeah, I was one of those boys.... I had everything from Star Trek to a 4-foot wingspan B-52 dangling from my ceiling... Not to mention a collection of Estes rockets... LOL I was a geek then, and I still am! And if I ever become a billionaire like Gates, this photo is what my bedroom will look like! (I can see Jo shaking her head...)

I could spend hours in here.... Great overall view of this display, Bill!

Oh yes! My ceiling is still full of model planes, but they grew in size and can fly today (and where way more expensive than the good ol Revell, Matchbox, Airfix, Italery, Tamyia, Academy (and all the different makes, that existed) plastic kits). Still, standing amidst of the real things makes me deram. So I had to visit all the Air museums on my way through my US trip a few years ago (Pima air museum, Palm springs air museum, the Midway museum in San Diego...)

a lot of planes there i used to make as plastic kits

I agree with you and Andrea!

I was one of those boys, too! Great photo and wonderful collection!

Great scene! hopefully you have a lot of photos of each plane

Terrific shot! I love all the angles.

Superb capture Bill. God bless.

Amazed at how they all fit in.

I drool every time they fly over my house and on visits to the local museums

and with ejection seat 1942! many great airplanes and endless details in this Hangar!

Normally, when I only comment on a couple of shots, I try to mix it up and jump all over a gallery; but these plane shots are just so fine, I couldn't resist, even though it's the next shot after the one I just commented on. A real sweep of lines here, a very linear shot; and the pilot's quarters and front propellers are like big vertical accents in a sea of horizontals. A real ocean here, visually. The angle of your pov is perfect too---with the angled peak of the hangar back about 2/3 of the way from the left. The light is wonderful, and the shadows---here tinged in lots of military greens---are rich and of great contrast. It looks like a waiting room for old planes, all crammed together, trying not to bump into each other---wat a great crowd shot! And, seeing those Nazi insignia is really striking: Esp as they're right alongside American insignia. The comfort of time...A wonderful shot, Bill. First rate plane photography.

(Btw, you know what was on my wall and ceiling, when I was a kid? Replicas of old maps of Maine!!! The Maine coast, especially. I grew up looking at that, dreaming of the sea, dreaming of that craggy coast. So, going to Maine, years back, was, for me, like you going to a plane museum. Except Maine doesn't actually fly...)

Looks to be an outstanding place to visit....

OH MY! Paradise for us modeler boys! That's a Me-109E right in front of us!