Recently my grandson Jacob and I visited the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field in
Seattle. We had a great time looking at
their very large collection in several galleries. Jake might be a budding photographer because
he spent lots of time taking pictures inside the Great Gallery and new Aviation
Pavilion. There is a replica of the
Wright Flyer, examples of restored early Boeing aircraft including the Model
80-A tri-motor and replica of the Boeing B&W, even a Lockheed M-21
Blackbird with a D-21B Drone. In the
Aviation Pavilion the original 747 prototype (named the City of Everett), VC-137B
used as Air Force One when the President was aboard, a British Airways
Concorde, a B-17 Flying Fortress, a B-29 Superfortress , and a WB-47E Stratojet,
plus several jetliners, are all available to walk around. Some the aircraft are open to walk through,
also.
Seattle is one of the birthplaces of commercial aviation in
United States, and in the suburban cities of Renton and Everett still
manufactures every 737 and 747 that is flying.
We were there several hours and still didn’t see everything because it holds
one of the largest air and space collections in the US.
Jake and I had a wonderful time and plan on visiting
again! If you are ever in Seattle, it is
well worth the time to visit this amazing museum.
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