In March of 2017 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 at the museum 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.
(Pictured above is Jake taking pictures of two of the great aircraft on display at the Museum of Flight at BFI in Seattle.)
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