More pictures from the Museum of Flight

 

 Sky Car

 Parts from a shot down A-6

 

 SR-71 engine

 

 

 Cool wooden floats

 The original Boeing building where they built the first planes.  Called the "Red Barn" because that is what it looks like.

 Wood models

 

 

 

 

 

Boeing and plane restoration

I toured Boeings assembly building where they build the 747, 777, & 787 airplanes. Unfortunately they don't allow pictures. It is a very cool building. It is 1/3 of a mile wide and almost 3/4 mile long. Largest building, by cubic feet, in the world. The 787 is assembled their, but all the main parts are pre-built at other locations and flown in for assembly. The 777 has the largest engines ever made.  Their diameter is larger then the body of a 737. Defiantly worth the time.

The other tour was of the restoration areas that rebuild the airplanes for display at the Museum of Flight. Interesting place with a few neat airplanes. They have the first 727 built and a DeHavilland Comet which is the first commercial jet airliner in service.

I'll post the rest of the pictures from the museum as well as the ones I took today, in the next day or two as well as my schedule for my next two weeks of driving.

Now bed and get up early to fly to Anchorage and then to work.

Museum of Flight

Today I spent most of the day at Boeings Museum of Flight.  A lot to see and more to come tomorrow.  I'm camping in Everitt WA, just north of Seattle.  Tomorrow I'm going to see the restoration area where they fix the planes for display at the museum.  Also in Everitt is an active Boeing airplane manufacturing facility you can tour where they make 737, 747, and 767 airlines.  Should be interesting.  Other then that, I'm doing laundry and getting ready to go back to work, early Wednesday morning.

I'm having issues with posting pictures tonight.  I'll get them posted later tonight or tomorrow.

B-47

 Sputnik

 Vostok Spacecraft (see next picture for info)

 Main room

 Moon buggy.  The mesh tires are pretty cool.

 Airplanes in the air over the US