![Image of : Airports, USA, Virginia, Washington (Ronald Reagan) National Airport (DCA). [photograph]](https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/collection-objects/record-images/NASM-NASM-9A13712-15.jpg "Airports, USA, Virginia, Washington (Ronald Reagan) National Airport (DCA). [photograph]")
Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
"First of a series of massive hangars for the new Airport. Length - 320', Width - 208', Height - 55', Airplane Storage Space - 30,625 sq. ft., Doors - 30' x 175' -- Sliding Type." Oblique aerial view looking northwest from an altitude of 200 feet of construction underway at Gravelly Point, Virginia, of Washington National Airport; afternoon of November 20, 1940.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics, Commercial
- Airports
- Aerial photography
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Restrictions & Rights
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photographer
Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA)
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Date
11/20/1940
Repository Loc.
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560
Type
Photographs
Local number
NASM-9A13712-15
