Linda Finch's Electra headed to the Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA

The Lockheed Electra L-10E #1015 is finally at Home in Seattle

Update:

A piece of History Takes Wing:

The Lockheed Electra L-10E has finally arrived at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.

http://seattletimes.com/html/picturethis/2021871567_apieceofhistorytakeswing.html

Moving day for the Electra into the Great Gallery of the Museum of Flight.

It was a tight fit but we got her in there. Watch as the Electra is moved into her new home.

Enjoy,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNbxH9dWmSU&list=UUda1wjNf7JaYgx9ukXRqgIQ

J Boyle,

Mike Lavelle retired from the MOF in the past year or so. Couldn’t answer PM, as your inbox is full.

Belforte

I see you’re a new member.
That is my signature line, it usualy appears after every post.
When you set up an account you get to do that along with establishing an avatar.
Why it didn’t appear in my first post onthis topic, I really don’t know. But is is included with all of my other posts.

Don’t take offense, it’s not pointed at you, the MoF (where I’m a frequent visitor), AE or this topic.

Again, since you seem to be trying to take offense at my opinions, perhaps I better explain my second post.
Yes, by all means honor AE for her role in aviation. She was an inspiration to female pilots and (some) women in general.
All I’m suggesting is that the exhibit not “oversell” her…trying to make her out to be a better pilot than she was.
Don’t inflate her reputation merely because of her gender.

J,

No offense taken and agreed in the context you put it in now. Sorry 😎

J. Boyle,

I am not sure what your sig line means as it wasn’t on your last post. “There are two sides to every story. The truth is usually somewhere between the two.”I.

Belforte

I see you’re a new member.
That is my signature line, it usualy appears after every post.
When you set up an account you get to do that along with establishing an avatar.
Why it didn’t appear in my first post onthis topic, I really don’t know. But is is included with all of my other posts.

Don’t take offense, it’s not pointed at you, the MoF (where I’m a frequent visitor), AE or this topic.

Again, since you seem to be trying to take offense at my opinions, perhaps I better explain my second post.
Yes, by all means honor AE for her role in aviation. She was an inspiration to female pilots and (some) women in general.
All I’m suggesting is that the exhibit not “oversell” her…trying to make her out to be a better pilot than she was.
Don’t inflate her reputation merely because of her gender.

All of which is fine…note the word “silly”. 🙂

J. Boyle,

I am not sure what your sig line means as it wasn’t on your last post. “There are two sides to every story. The truth is usually somewhere between the two.”

I suppose that if it means what I think it does, I am not welcome here as a newcomer and I will politely recuse myself from this forum. I have been shown the door before and I don’t need a two by four across my gourd to convince me to leave.

It won’t be the Museum of Flight’s mission to lionize Amelia Earhart. That said, the MOF has an extensive program for women in aviation. From Rosie the Riveter to the last woman Astronaut and all women in between who proudly served their country and the female commercial pilots of today we should all be proud. There is also an extensive program to promote young girls toward aviation careers at the new Aviation High School and the Aviation Learning Center.

All of which is fine…note the word “silly”. 🙂

Nice to see it find a good home where it least people can see and appreciate it (as opposed to being locked up in someone’s hangar and never flown/seen).

Now their challenge is to make the AE exhibit a historical one that doesn’t overly lionize her or stand as a silly tribute to “girl power”.

J Boyle,

As you see by my previous comment to Mike, she will be proudly displayed and seen by thousands each month.

It won’t be the Museum of Flight’s mission to lionize Amelia Earhart. That said, the MOF has an extensive program for women in aviation. From Rosie the Riveter to the last woman Astronaut and all women in between who proudly served their country and the female commercial pilots of today we should all be proud. There is also an extensive program to promote young girls toward aviation careers at the new Aviation High School and the Aviation Learning Center.

Just completed was Woman Fly Week.

A shame it is to be grounded. Very, very few Lockheed 10s still flying. This one is a nice aircraft, I had the chance to look over it in detail at Gnoss Field before it departed for Reno a few weeks back.

I hope the Museum have a place to display it indoors. Boeing Field is already littered with airframes they have no room for (recently-airworthy DC-2, Boeing 247 and B-17) as well as the B-29, which are all either sitting outside in the Seattle weather or stored away from public view.

Mike,

“Very, very few Lockheed 10s still flying.” Yes that is true but if we lost this one to an accident or incident, then there would be one less.

Since we don’t have the Electra here yet, I can only show you a couple artistic renderings of where she will sit in the Great Gallery on the main floor inside exhibit

I wouldn’t go so far as to say that “Boeing Field is littered with airframes.” The outside static displays are well maintained and are proudly displayed.

As far as the weather in Seattle, that is all a myth. It is always “Clear Blue and 72” here. We just tell people it is always raining to keep the population in check. 😉

Nice to see it find a good home where it least people can see and appreciate it (as opposed to being locked up in someone’s hangar and never flown/seen).

Now their challenge is to make the AE exhibit a historical one that doesn’t overly lionize her or stand as a silly tribute to “girl power”.