Museum of Flight, Seattle

Some weeks ago, I had the pleasure to spend two weeks in Seattle while on a course. I took the opportunity to visit the Museum of Flight while on an off day from the course. I have to admit to being pleasantly surprised of the quality of the museum. It has a lot of interesting artifacts on display and some of it´s aircraft are the last surviving examples. Sadly I didn´t have the time to really look at all the things they have – The Red Barn was done in about 20 min or so, but it would have been possible to spend at lest two or three hours in there!
I´ve got a LOT of photographs from the museum, and I´ll be updating this thread when I´ve got some spare time on my hands.

So lets start the tour:

This AV-8C Harrier is standing outside the entrance to the museum. I´m not very up to date on the specific models of the Harrier, but something tell me that this is an early model judging by the canopy

Then there was the MIG-17, sitting beside the Harrier

And then came the Boeing WB-47, one of about 25 survivors of the type

Once inside, things started to get really interesting. As is sometimes the case, my little point and shoot camera had a hard time coping with the light conditions, and the problem is no doubt compounded by a crap*y operator 😯

Anyway, this is what greets people when the get inside. A replica Rumpler Taube

Then they had a Wright Flyer replica. This is the replica made for the centenary of flight celebrations in Kitty Hawk. It is made as close to the original as humanly possible, but failed to get airborne during the celebrations.