Historic Flight - my last museum visit at Paine Field. Another pristine hangar with airworthy aircraft. I showed around by a charming, very knowledgeable lady.
A two-seat GeeBee:
One of the two aircraft I have absolutely no desire to fly. The other is an ASW-12 glider.
An immaculate Waco UPF-7:
A DC-3 that I was able to go inside and sit in the cockpit:
A Mitchell that I was also able to go inside:
A Tigercat - one of my favourites:
It has a back-seat that you can ride in. $3500, but no controls! Decisions, decisions.
A very nice L-20/U-6A in an SAR colour-scheme:
A P-51B with a Malcolm hood:
I then left Everett and drove 60 miles to Bellingham to have a look at the PACV hovercraft in the Maritime Museum, only to discover it is only open on Saturdays. So I continued to the Canadian border at Blaine and then raced through Vancouver to Horseshoe Bay to catch the 7pm ferry - 66 miles. Made it in time and then waited until the ferry left half-an-hour late! Spent the night in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.
Historic Flight