The Close Encounters of the Third Kind spaceship, a model stretching about three feet across, sits in a display case next to the real space-related artifacts.
The spaceship with the R2D2 perched on a deck. Other model parts included a TIE Fighter, traffic lights, 1/700 scale aircraft on catapults, and supposedly a VW bus. We managed to find all except the VW bus...we figure it was either very well hidden from view underneath something, or was not on at all.
UHC Displays
WWI
WWII
- Germany: Focke-Wulf FW-190F
Germany: Arado AR-234B
Germany: Junkers JU-52/3m
Germany: Focke-Achgelis FA-330A
Germany: Rheintochter R1 Anti-aircraft Missile (Rhine Maiden)
Japan: Kawanichi N1K2-Ja Shinden Kai (George)
Japan: Kawasaki Ki-45 Kai Toryu (Nick)
Japan: Aichi M6A1 Seiran
Japan: Kugisho Ohka Model 22 Cherry Blossom
US: Curtiss P40 Tomahawk
US: Vought F4U Corsair
US: Lockheed P-38J Lightning
US: Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay"
US: Grumman F6F Hellcat
US: Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
Post WWII
- UK: DeHavilland DHC-1A Chipmunk
US: Northrop N-1M Flying Wing
US: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
US: Space Shuttle "Enterprise"
US: Lockheed Martin X35b Joint Strike Fighter
Other
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