text: B-6 THE EVENING STAR WfliMojton, Q. C., Wtdntsday, Augutt 1,1962 Aircraft in the Woods... Future Smithsonian Treasures tW k £ b gfe nftSjbJMT > s\ * n< !* ~- 1a^ > .-r - £, . _» ft.,. ' 11 J fegzl. 4 »wlm™ Jiy Waff aMEMM||OKI ? < * |MW»*f wMmM sb*® *w .M iLIQ. ! ~ , '‘ IWf - ’-■- xZ « .. ...■■• .sOk jLfc\ / »/• dtn riiiV*r» <fOg/ ■ * L. * ~ /-RliiM ySyag>?' % ‘w 1 *’ jKm y U- *-* / ■t / / !W» . M|BMM|K l v\ Z y XX - IHfiSI? mfl ■^g<g^jy^ 1 fcgSy jiS ■PWJWz MT ofc ; IBhAWHHiHM^KnHHiK 7 tj MWW^^fflM^^MßffiMHßM^aHlff^^^^^te 1 '""" MBH** *1 > • flll ! a X. x V <~. ~ ’ L 1 I B \ A - A,/ a I /* ' '\k W ■■••-.<■ < B i Xu. x Bl W w>3 -1 >■< % 1 I 1 1 ..■ b M1... Z jk .._>. __.k.. 11 Mhi At the Smithsonian Institution’s Air Museum restoration shop at Suitland, Md., Joe McCul lough and Al Griffith are working on the motor of a Fokker D-Vll, a German fighter of World IK'* B '. ''wwagiawri. Among the nearly 300 old and not-so-old aircraft at the restoration shop is this German pontoon plane, a World War II Arado observatory. AIR FORCE RELICS OF WORLD WAR II, HIDING IN A FOREST NEAR SUITLAND, AWAIT NEW KIND OF GLORY War I make. Authenticity is the keynote of aircraft restoration for display at the Museum proper. The planes are “stored” in a nearby wood until the restoration shop can get to them. The construction craft that operated off aircraft carriers. Shrouded now with protective coverings, it might be one of next prepared for exhibit. The exhibition is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity. JfclF / 1 » **<%« b x.W >dK w fl JQwWBT.J v 1 .13 4 s i ; WL JI £v bL j *!r - *• ■ hrfß i L-X^A- s ■ W?yA-< **'? T&aaSM&Wk- v . < fc Walter Male, superintendent of the restoration and preservation shop, approves work done on a Boeing Navy F-4-B-4 pursuit, built about 1932. Most planes of note come to the Air Museum. BE; X •. J&F kw • - a? •■.«■ Jil IPm w3i hHIQi Bk. ' BfVW' lllix B* iM sh eht*! k B' -zßih A fl ■l! Ur • B ; *TO.flr -. O?< Jr «jfl SWiB ® i The first United States jet plane, a Bell XP-59, has its nose cowling replaced by Jack Katz and Jim Clinton, metal shop foreman. The Suitland center has a dozen hangar-like buildings for such work. seum shop. From here, the most interesting are destined for future lives as popular Smithsonian attractions.—Star Staff Photos by Randolph Routt. 