This was next on my agenda. A complete contrast to FHC - a working restoration workshop, that you can wander round on your own - "if you go out onto the ramp, don't go beyond the nose of the 727."
I came here to see this - a Comet 4C being restored:
The cockpit is completely restored, the cabin is nearly done, but there is still a lot of work to do on the wings and engines.
It is an ex-Mexicana aircraft that sat derelict at Paine Field for many years and was used by the fire section for practice! I was told that when they were fixing the corroded belly skins, they had to put a wooden beam inside the cabin to prevent the aircraft breaking its back!
Twenty years of work so far!
Lots of other interesting stuff there.
Boeing SST mockup:
Bowlus Baby glider:
Prototype Lockheed Jetstar:
Pratt and Read
PR-G1 two-place glider:
Boeing 247D:
Boeing Hydrofoil test craft:
I walked past this initially without realizing what it was. Boeing eventually produced this:
I had a ride on one belonging to the Indonesian Navy, when I lived in Jakarta. It had been chartered out for passenger operations!
In the lobby, there were several aero engines, including this beautifully sectioned R-4360:
28 cylinders, 71.5 litres, 3500 HP. There are eight of these engines on the Spruce Goose!
http://www.museumofflight.org/restoration