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Old 11th Oct 2005, 11:34
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Seattle Museum of Flight

Went to see the Seattle museum a couple of weeks ago.
I thought it is a fantastic museum, spent all day there, very well presented.

My first look at: FW190, SR71, P-38 and many others in very, very good condition.

One Q I have, I saw the 'overhead' C-47 in the main auditorium, but it had the main door on the starboard side, that's a first for me, I've only ever seen them on the port side, and I used to be licenced (airframe group) on the type!

Absolutely a great place to visit.
It has the first ever B747 and B737 to fly, and the B707 'Air Force One' which is still open for inspection!

My one and only disappointment was the overly conservative clear plastic barriers inside the Concorde, I couldn't get close enough to see properly into the flight deck.
That Flight Engineer's station is awesome!

Didn't get the time to drive down to Oregon to see their museum, so close but yet......!

If you get a chance, go see!

Cheers, FD
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