Robin Stevens: Photos: USA 2016: Seattle:

Museum of Flight


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Boeing Field (King County International Airport) from the Columbia Center
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Original Boeing factory
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Blended winglet from a Boeing 747-200
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United Air Lines Boeing Model 247D 1933
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United Air Lines Boeing Model 247D 1933
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Trans Canada Air Lines Lockheed Model 1049G Super Constellation 1954
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American Airlines Boeing 727-223 N874AA
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United Airlines Boeing 727-122 N7001U, prototype 727
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Boeing VC-137C SAM 970, used as Air Force One
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Some of the people who flew on this aircraft
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Flight deck
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Communications room
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Fold-down bunks
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Better cooking facilities than most aircraft
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Glasair Super II-FT ONE BCnF
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Lufthansa Boeing 747-430 D-ABTK approaching SeaTac
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Delta Airlines Boeing 767-332 N1612T
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Emirates Boeing 777-31H ER
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Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (1904-1938), "the Russian Lindbergh"
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What aircraft could this be?
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Narrow fuselage
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Legroom isn't overly generous
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Rather a big hint
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Of course
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British Airways BAC-AĆ©rospatiale Concorde G-BOAG
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Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress
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Boeing WB-47E Stratojet
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TWA Douglas DC-2
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Fake town on the roof of the Boeing factory during WW2
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Boeing 747 prototype City of Everett
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Pan-Am crew
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Enormous interior
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Barrels for simulating the weight of passengers
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This lot is normally hidden
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Control cables
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What is experimental?
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These lavatories, apparently
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Black box - in orange
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This aircraft was fitted with an experimental refueling boom; the operator would have lain here
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Boeing 747 Concept Model, c.1967
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Waddell's Wagon, for training pilots to manouevre 747s on the ground
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner prototype ZA003
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Parts of this aircraft come from all over the world
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Flight deck
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Business class cabin
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Economy cabin and LED mood lighting
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Boeing 737 Prototype, 1967
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"Fat Albert I"
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Antonov AN-2 "Colt", 1947. Used to commemorate a 1928 flight from Barrow, Alaska to Spitsbergen, Norway in 1928.
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Grumman F9F-8 Cougar, 1951
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Douglas A-4F Skyhawk
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Hawker Siddeley/McDonnell Douglas AV-8C Harrier
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Grumman EA-6B Prowler, 1968
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McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet
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Space shuttle mockup
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Signatures of the crew of the last shuttle mission, STS-135
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Soyuz TMA-14 descent module, 2009
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Montgolfier balloon replica
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Model Boeing (mostly) products, with some curious omissions
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Model Boeing 730 LRV, less than entirely successful tram for Boston's Green Line
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The Early Birds, Justin Gruelle, 1940
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Boeing Model C Fuselage, 1918 (reproduction)
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Boeing Model 40A Fuselage, 1927 (reproduction)
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Model of the early Boeing factory buildings
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Main exhibition hall
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Replica of Wright Flyer, 1903
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Replica of Wright Flyer, 1903
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Boeing B&W (Model 1), 1916 (replica, built 1966)
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Boeing Model 80A-1, 1929
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Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, 1935
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Vought XF8U-1 Crusader, 1955
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De Havilland Comet Mk.4C model
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The museum has a real one under restoration
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Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard, 1963 "Flying Lifeboat"
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Taylor Aerocar III, 1968
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Taylor Aerocar III, 1968
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Taylor Aerocar III, 1968
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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
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Gossamer Albatross II, backup to the first human-powered aircraft to cross the English Channel
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Posters for the 2017 solar eclipse
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Fanciful posters for extra-terrestrial tourist attractions
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Part of the Boeing facilities next door
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Boeing E-3 Sentry
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