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I was recently in Seattle on business, but had time to go to the Seattle Museum of Flight, and take many pictures. Pictures are here.
It's an amazing museum, with a ton of Boeing history, and a really cool display about Pete Conrad, including his flight logbooks from his Gemini and his Skylab missions. Skylab for me, as a kid, was huge. I know it seems like a nothing thing, but we hung onto news about the Skylab missions like people hang onto "American Idol" updates today. Yes, that is depressing I suppose, but back in the 70s, space exploration was still shiny and new, so such things meant something.
There's also an SR-71 with a D-21 drone there. DROOOOOL. Oh, and a very amusing 707-based Air Force One. The "State of the Art" comm gear is hilarious, albeit unintentionally. So are the ECM pods on the engines. If you're ever in Seattle, and have a few hours, (okay, MANY hours), go, it's cool as hell.
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Posted by John C. Welch at 09:51 | Permalink
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My brother went there a few months ago and loved it. (He's got a few pics on page two of this gallery: http://web.mac.com/adamp88/Site/Air_and_Space.html) We were huge military aircraft fans as kids. I'm lucky enough to live close to the Udvar-Hazy Air & Space museum here in the DC area. The SR-71 is perhaps the sexiest thing ever to grace the skies.
Posted by:
pmbuko 
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May 8, 2008 10:31 AM
Nice to see you yesterday! No mention of the wine?? ;)
Looking at the photos I have to ask, did you guys not go into the "Personal Courage Wing"?? If not, you missed a real treat!
Or do they not allow photos in there?
--chuck
Posted by:
chuckgoolsbee |
May 8, 2008 10:49 AM
The cutaway "corncob" engine by the way, is my favorite object in there. For a gearhead it is piston porn of the highest level. I can't imagine setting up the ignition timing on 48 cylinders!
--chuck
http://chuck.goolsbee.org
Posted by:
chuckgoolsbee |
May 8, 2008 10:51 AM
I live about a mile and a half from there, so I practically live there. Go, you won't regret it! P. S. There's a Concorde across the street.
Posted by:
Gatesbasher |
May 8, 2008 7:46 PM
My camera, while taking good pics, has a shitty battery, and the personal courage wing, while amazing, is a flash - only environment, and I wanted to see the stuff across the street too.
The wine was excellent, even if you were all "OMG, U R NOT DRINKING IT" :-P And the bottle ruled.
Posted by:
John Welch |
May 8, 2008 10:44 PM
