old post: Museum of Flight

So many posts to catch up! These will be out of order, but oh well!

We've been in Seattle EIGHT years now (how did that happen??!) and we hadn't made it to the Museum of Flight before last weekend. It was never that high on my places to go visit but now that I've gone, I have to say that I enjoyed myself a lot more than I thought I would have! There were lots of exhibits to look at - from learning about space shuttles and space stations, to moon landings, to how the control tower works, to the history of aviation both in general and here in Seattle at Boeing and, of course, looking at all the cool planes! The best part, of course, was going IN the planes themselves. I don't know why I didn't take any pictures, but we were able to go into an old 70's era Air Force One (from Nixon's presidency) that was a hoot because all of the "cutting edge" technology was SO outdated! We also went inside a Concorde and a new Dreamliner. Even the girls had a good time. Definitely a two thumbs up day!

A replica of the plan Amelia Earhart took.

A flying car!! Evie thought this was hilarious.

Is that Snoopy's red baron?

So. Many. Planes!

The really big ones were parked in the hangars.

Playing in the control tower.

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