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Seattle’s Museum of Flight
Susie and I were up in Seattle earlier in the year for a wedding and while we were there, we visited the Museum of Flight. It’s one of the world’s great museums, and the $25 admission fee was money well spent. We were lucky on our visit: It was the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, and the museum had a special exhibit focused on that. It was awesome.
The Apollo special exhibit was only a fraction of what the Museum of Flight displayed. The main hall had all kinds of aircraft.
We spent nearly a full day at the Museum of Flight, and we could have spent more time there. We visited the Apollo display, the Main Hall, the Personal Courage Wing, and the Red Barn (the original Boeing airplane factory). As were left the airport, we saw an enclosed pedestrian walkway over the road, and it led to an area with several aircraft parked on the other side of the road. We could have spent another day there. We’ll save that for our next visit to Seattle.
Seattle’s Museum of Flight is a 20-minute ride out of downtown Seattle, and it’s a great way to spend a day.
I was there when I was crewing the B-17. Fantastic place and they had the most extensive collection of Flying Tigers (AVG) stuff I have ever seen. What a place. Great gift shop and cafe too. Totally agree with you on this one.
Wow, thanks for posting this. We are headed to Seattle for an American Culinary Federation convention in March. This looks like a great place to visit while Melody is doing her chef thing all day.
You bet, Larry. While you’re there, you might also consider the Chuhily exhibit.
Hey Joe, As I was in Seattle frequently on business I tried to stop by this museum on my way to SEATAC whenever I could. Fantastic museum work a lot of good stories inside. This one and the one at Wright Paterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio are my favorite aircraft museums in America.
Yep, it’s a special kind of place. We enjoyed it. Gotta get back there again.
Looks like a great museum. Another is the U.S.Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. I visited it last summer.
PS: The SR-71 flew at Mach 3+
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I was there when I was crewing the B-17. Fantastic place and they had the most extensive collection of Flying Tigers (AVG) stuff I have ever seen. What a place. Great gift shop and cafe too. Totally agree with you on this one.
Wow, thanks for posting this. We are headed to Seattle for an American Culinary Federation convention in March. This looks like a great place to visit while Melody is doing her chef thing all day.
You bet, Larry. While you’re there, you might also consider the Chuhily exhibit.
Hey Joe, As I was in Seattle frequently on business I tried to stop by this museum on my way to SEATAC whenever I could. Fantastic museum work a lot of good stories inside. This one and the one at Wright Paterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio are my favorite aircraft museums in America.
Yep, it’s a special kind of place. We enjoyed it. Gotta get back there again.
Looks like a great museum. Another is the U.S.Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. I visited it last summer.
PS: The SR-71 flew at Mach 3+