The Museum of Flight

Ed visited The Museum of Flight on Monday, June 27, which is located at Paine Field and was Seattle's airport prior to WWII.

The museum was founded by Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft.

They have actual and reconstructed planes from the Wright brothers and before to the present.
They have over 250 docents, most of whom I suspect are largely Boeing retirees.

The Mars Rover

They highlighted the careers of the American aviation pioneers.

Ed in a space suit.

The moon rover

An F-4 Phantom. Ed worked at McDonnel Douglas summers during college when they were producing the fighters in the 1960's.

The simulated tower at the museum overlooks Paine Field.

The xerox machine from the last retired Air Force 1

The air car from the 1950's, it could actually fly and the fusalage and wings can be detached and towed behind the car or left at the hanger.

The history and evolution of the flight attendents' uniforms was interestingly.

The last Concord to fly to the U.S.

Kids and parents can sit in the cockpit of a fighter jet. They have a lot of hands-on simulators for kids and adults.

This is the actual Red Barn where Bill Boeing started building his aircraft in the 1910's at Paine Field. It was moved away and then moved back to the museum.