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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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