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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 2:00 pm
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Originally Posted by slawecki
If you really into airplanes, you should inquire about the Silver Hill facility and a visit.

if it still exists, that is the airplane restoration center, and they have a huge number of planes never seen.
The restoration facility, better known as the Paul Garber Facility, is no longer open for public tours, unfortunately. The Air & Space Museum is hoping to relocate the facility to its Dulles campus, but there is no date yet for that -- it depends on fundraising to erect another hanger or two.
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