July 11, 2015 - Seattle Museum of Flight Restoration Center
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| Also located at Paine Field north of Seattle is the Museum of Flight Restoration Center. So you know I had to check that out. |
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Everyone knows about the supersonic Concorde made by the British and French. But did you know that Boeing also was building a supersonic transport -- the Boeing SST? It was cancelled before it was completed. Here is all that is left. |
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Those SST nose raised and lowered via that big mechanism on the front end.
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| Inside of the SST fuselage. |
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| Do you know what the world's first jet airliner was. The Boing 707? Wrong! It was the de Havilland Comet. Pressurization issues causes the loss of a few, it was pulled from service, and the Boeing 707 would garner the first jet airliner honors. |
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| Why do I mention the Comet? Because the Museum of Flight is restoring one. |
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The Comet cockpit.
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| I was struck by similar the first commercial jet airliner looks like the modern day ones. They nailed it. Overhead bins, seats on each side with passageway. |
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| Hey, I know this plane! It's a Pratt-Read PR-G1 glider. 75 of the big, 2-seat gliders were built for the U.S. Navy. Jan Scott had one out at his Flycow airfield. I don't believe I ever flew it as pilot-in-command but I know I flew as a passenger once. And I know for sure I helped assemble and disassemble it many times. The wings were massive. |
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| Looks like they are well along with the restoration. Covering has started. |
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| I remember flying my own glider and seeing Jack H. rack the big Pratt-Read over in a 60-degree bank in a thermal. With its eliptical wings, it was graceful looking in the air. |
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Fuse, wings, horizontal stab and elevators.
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Antonov
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| Shop 10 |
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Shop 20
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Aluminum sheet, angle and tube, plus some plywood and lexan.
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| Hey, I have the exact same bandsaw in my shop! They've got a better drill press than mine though. |
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Immaculate F4U Corsair. Hey, I bet Paul Allen wouldn't mind having this over at the Flying Heritage Collection. It's FHC-worthy.
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F-8 Crusader
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| Funky ultralight |
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| The very first aircraft designed and built by the famous Burt Rutan was the VariViggen. The second VariViggen was built by Mike Melville of SpaceShipOne fame and this is it. |
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| Taylorcraft. |
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Baby Bowlus and Taylorcraft.
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| A Boeing 247D Link First flown in 1933, the 247 was an advanced airliner for its day but was eclipsed by the Douglas DC-3 which carried more passengers. Only 75 247's were built compared to over 10,000 DC-3s (including the wartime C-47). |
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| Helicoptor |
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| Boeing 727. You don't see too many of these flying around anymore but I used to see them all the time when I was a kid. |
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