Just kidding.


But we did visit the Museum of Flight this weekend.


 


There were crazy amounts of airplanes. 
Ever shape, size, make, and model you can imagine.


 



OH HAI.  WE'RE IN SPACE.
Or a model of the international space station.  Still pretty cool.





Flight simulator humor.





Probably my favorite part was the model flight tower, which overlooks an actual runway at Boeing Field.  We watched a Lear Jet land, and bunches of helicopters take off. 
This is a live depicition of actual flights in the air across the U.S.




 

What are the odds I'd run across a WWII era airplane with the name of the small town I was born in? 
So cool!

 

If you end up in the Seattle area, I highly recommend a visit.  You don't even have to be an aviation geek to enjoy yourself, cause I sure am not.  I hate flying.



{ what were you up to this weekend? }



12 notes

  1. cb on January 17, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    that looks really fun! the mister was lucky enough to be sent to space camp when he was little very jealous! when i visit seattle again i will make a pit stop there :)

    xo,
    cb

     
  2. Unknown on January 17, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    my dad wanted to send me to space school in Florida - but when he 'discovered' it i was already too old to want to do something like that .. i sorta wish he found out about it when i was younger - would be cool to say i went to space camp :o)

     
  3. Anonymous on January 17, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    Space Station!! How awesome! Too bad they couldn't do the antigrav simulation...Wheeeee!!

     
  4. Lisa Lisa Lisa on January 17, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    That looks so cool! I should do that sometime! I'm sure I'll be in Seattle again sometime in the next 6 months. Maybe my little brothers will be with me. This would be perfect for them.

     
  5. Tsuki aka LittleGrayFox on January 17, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    fun! I love it there! We went a couple years ago when they had a DaVinci exhibit. It was cool to play with all the contraptions

     
  6. Anonymous on January 17, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    That looks like fun!

     
  7. T@PoppyPlacePdx on January 17, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    Oh fun :) I can't believe you don't like to fly, with all the travelling you do.

    We have an air museum here in Oregon which is reall amazing and we have the Spruce Goose (not bragging or anything He! He!) We stole it from the Californians :)

    Congrats on making the FP. that was so cool to see :)

    Have a lovely evening, T. :)

     
  8. Isabel on January 17, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    after seeing that screen shot of flights in air over the US. id NEVER want to be an air traffic controlloer :S

    Isabel @ Walk of Fashion

     
  9. Amanda on January 17, 2011 at 8:33 PM

    Fun! The screen with all the flights on it is crazy - so many!!

     
  10. Anonymous on January 18, 2011 at 12:30 AM

    holy mackerel! That shot of all the flights looks like there should be a lot crashes! How do they all fight up there without an y fender benders? That's blowing my mind, lol.

     
  11. yourstrulydear on January 18, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    looks fun! someday when i make it up there i'll definitely have to go check it out! also, you hate flying!? you are so un-american...

     
  12. ana on January 24, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    what fun! :D i would actually love to go there one day. perhaps i will apply for a job at boeing...hmmm.