The Air and Space Museum entrusted VIRY with the construction of a new hall housing the WWII Aircraft collection.

* The 1733m² building envelope reminds the aerodynamic profile of spaceships.

* The structure is made of 8 gantry cranes, weighing 180 tons of self-weathering steel.

* Aligned with the roof, 7 rows of shade screens protect the runway-facing façade, providing an important natural lightning for the exhibition hall.

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Oration of the sponsor
“This new exhibition hall is the result of the partnership between the Air and Space Museum, the Utah Beach D-Day Museum, and the Dewhurst Foundation. It reflects the profound esteem that unite our three institutions. I can see in its opening a tribute paid to my father, the wing commander David Dewhurst, Jr.,  B26 pilot, who took part in 85 missions during WWII and was a squadron leader on D-Day 6th June 1944, and through him, a tribute to all the allied soldiers who, thanks to their bravery and sacrifice, could give its freedom back to Europe.”

David Dewhurst