Simply put, the Smithsonian National Air and Space museum is my favorite museum in the world. Recently I made it out to visit the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center which is the companion facility to the air and space museum on the national mall. The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center was built to house the thousands of aviation and space artifacts that do not fit into the building on the national mall. Unfortunately, since the center is inconveniently located outside of DC next to the Dulles Airport, many people miss this facility which houses some of the best exhibits. Many engines, helicopters, ultra-lights, and experimental flying machines are on display in a museum setting, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, for the first time. The variety of aircraft at the site ranges from decrepit world war II fighter jets to the Lockheed Martin SR-71 Blackbird, to the Space Shuttle Discovery. …