Sam and Friends Sam and Friends was Jim Henson's first television show, a five-minute show that aired twice daily on WRC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C. The show ran from May 9, 1955 to December 15, 1961. In 2010, these 10 characters joined Kermit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington D.C.

The Boeing Aviation Hanger Airplanes and people have a lot in common. They come in all shapes and sizes and colors and each one excels at a particular use or purpose. The Boeing Avaition Hanger at the Udvar-Hazy Center has a great collection of both commercial and military aircraft. The long wingspan plane at the top is the Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer. The smaller (and closer) silver model in the center is the Globe Swift GC-1a and the large Lockheed 1049F-55-96, "Constellation" sits below.