This place is a boy's delight, and it was sooo good. With limited time we just managed was a quick flick around. I think Jim and I could have been left there for the day.

The thing about the Smithsonian is that they have a very large cheque book and buy anything that comes up, including the crafts used in the latest non stop flights round the world by balloon & plane.

The space stuff looked claustrophobic for the crew and I never realised how big the Saturn Rocket was that took man to the moon. At the other end of the scale there was an in-depth exhibition of the Wright Brothers, with the original aircraft. To finish there was a trip to the IMAX with a 3D film about the moon landings>>>>It was all spiffing stuff.