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  • Parking attendant stole $400,000 by undercounting cars at Smithsonian air museum

    09/30/2012 12:29:24 PM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 32 replies
    Washington Post ^ | September 28, 2012 | Mary Pat Flaherty
    <p>Car-by-car over the past three years, a parking lot attendant at the Smithsonian Institution’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly dutifully collected a $15-a-vehicle fee — and then routinely stashed wads of the cash into a duffel bag and took it home with him, court records show.</p>
  • Smithsonian's AV birds

    05/30/2004 7:39:18 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 1 replies · 345+ views
    Valley Press ^ | May 30, 2004. | ALLISON GATLIN
    WASHINGTON - If the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall is aviation's Mecca, the pilgrimage now has a second site. The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, named for its primary backer, opened adjacent to Dulles International Airport in December, providing a cavernous showcase for the Smithsonian's larger aircraft and space vehicles, as well as many others that couldn't find room in the traditional space. Unlike the Mall site with its sleek, boxy exterior, the new center across the river in nearby Virginia invokes the aviation history inside with its massive hangars and control tower observation deck. Whereas the...