Warbirds & more at Innovations in Flight

SEVEN P-51S AND THE B-29 “DOC” were among the warbirds that flew in for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's “Innovations in Flight” day on June 14 at the Steven F.

- BY JAN TEGLER

Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia adjacent to Dulles International Airport.

The aircraft arrived for the one-day event in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Innovations in Flight is the NASM's annual fly-in and outdoor display, created to explore the engineering and design achievements of the past century of flight. Visitors were able to chat with pilots and get up close to the warbirds, active duty military/government aircraft and general aviation planes on hand.