I’m popping off to the West coast of the States next monday for a month as a little graduation present to myself. Am starting off in Seattle and have booked the Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour.

Was just wondering if anyone else had been on this and could perhaps comment on what to expect? And is it easy to get to from Seattle? Also, they don’t permit you to take photographs so unfortunately I won’t be able to share any of those with you!

Hi judas,

I have done the same tour as you mention above when I was in Seattle a couple of years ago!

I found it amazing, the Future of Flight Aviation centre is really interesting, lots of information and a mock up of the 787 as well…although I am not sure how much of it will of changed since i went there!

As for the factory tour itself, it is quite good as you actually get to see an aircraft in production, we were shown the 777 production hanger and saw an Emirates aircraft in production.

As for photos, there is a very strict policy of no photos whatsoever…they are so strict that they do not even allow you take mobile phones with you as most come with cameras nowadays, and they simply will not let you use it for both security and safety reasons…disappointing i know, but you have to respect their decision!

Well worth doing though in my opinion!

Damn…my cover has been blown!:D:diablo:

Funny story Newforest, I wonder what other animals have caused problems at airports?

Open water [2003]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374102/

Don’t know why, but I really didnt like this film, thought it was a bit…well boring really! Glad I didnt pay to go and see it at the cinema, anyone else feel the same at all?

I think everyone else was thinking of their stomachs judging by the comments about the cake…as no-one has thought to wish you congratulations, so CONGRATULATIONS!

Just out of interest, what prompted you to get married at an airport, bit of a strange venue isn’t it?

How about having a disused 727-200 as a humble home Paul?

Total cost = $315k (approx £161k), although I doubt that includes the cost of shipping the necessary bits over the UK, and you must own the land underneath the aircraft which could be costly, but still much cheaper than buying a normal house these days I think, and would certainly be an interesting experience!:D

http://www.airplanehomes.com/details.html

I think its a dig at the mainline airlines who charge huge fares for very little but that you should expect much much more than you get.

Besides the addition of ‘oral sex’ (which, lets face it, will never actually happen because it will never be made legal to offer that kind of service onboard!), what exactly would M’OL be offering that is different to any of the mainline airlines?

If he had come out and said something like “If you book early enough in advance, you can fly in business-class for as little as 50 Euros one-way inc taxes!”, that might of raise more of an eyebrow, but this latest statement has simply re-affirmed my opinion that he is a complete twit!:D

Oh dear, very sad news indeed.:(

Just when I thought there was a glimmer of hope that it might take to the skies again. I do hope all the staff are able to find new employment elsewhere soon…

Damn! Whilst that is an excellent picture, it does just go to show how a much more serious tradegy might of occurred had the aircraft fallen down the embankment…

Thank god that it was a cargo plane that crashed (imagine if it was full of passengers!); combined with any potential train wreckage, the injury/death toll would of been much higher indeed!

Don’t ask why I was looking on this site!!!!

Nothing wrong with looking at that site at all mate, I will openly admit to being interested in trains, but to a lesser extent than what I am interested in aircraft/planes.:)