I had wanted to go to the Museum of Flight ever since I arrived in the Seattle area. For one reason or another it just didn’t happen. Well, I finally made it. As with most local attractions one must wait until someone from out of town wants to go see it. Incredibly silly, but true. During Carl’s trip out here in March 2004 we went down to Boeing Field one Saturday morning.

I was even more impressed than I thought I’d be. Spent about four hours walking around checking out the exhibits, took a few pictures. Saw an advertisement for a new wing of the museum that was to open in June, WWI and WWII fighters. The return visit was planned before the first visit was over. We returned the second week in June which fortunately coincided with another one of Carl’s “quarterly” visits to Seattle. Remember the out of towner thing. WOW. The museum has done a world class job with the new exhibits.

They didn’t just plunk down some old planes in a big room but rather built a venue that lets the visitor “experience” the past. Too Cool! The second visit took five hours, including lunch, just to see the new exhibit.

I’ve laid out my Museum of Flight pages pretty much by attractions; The Great Gallery, The Red Barn, The Personal Courage Wing, etc.

Some of the individual aircraft (e.g. Air Force One, The Concorde) rate their own pages. I will, no doubt, add additional pictures (and pages) in the futures as new exhibits arrive.

Here's what the Museum of Flight has to say for itself:

Experience flight as you never have before. Step into the Personal Courage Wing and experience stories of courage as told through a collection of 28 fighter aircraft—in a setting that will simply amaze you. In the steel and glass Great Gallery, the history of aviation soars past, with dozens of full-size aircraft flying in formation six stories above.  Board America's first presidential jet—Air Force One. Climb aboard the sleek Concorde. Step back 85 years in the magnificently restored Red Barn®, birthplace of The Boeing Company.  Come experience the story of flight from the dawn of aviation to the Space Age.