Everett, WA museums

[p51]

I found myself in the Everett area over the weekend, and couldn't resist hitting the Museum of Flight's restoration facility (I've bene a member for many years but had never been to this before), and the FHC collection. I hadn't been to FHC for over a decade and was surprised how much new stuff they had. I was, though, disappointed that the MIG-29 wasn't there...



















More photos are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/53587910@ ... 3087338644

[Sasquatch]

So much goodness on one airfield...my drool cup runneth over.

Great shots, P-51/willysmb44! Thanks for posting those.

-Tom

[GRNDP51]

Is the F2G on display? Can't tell from the pic, looks like it's in the same place I saw it in 2014.

[JohnB]

The Historic Flight Foundation is also there with their Bearcat, B-25, P-51, Spitfire, Tigercat, Pan Am-marked DC-3, T-6, Rapide, USAF-marked Beaver, Staggering, WACO, Travel Air and more.

https://m.facebook.com/HistoricFlight/

[marine air]

Very nice pics. You captured how pristine each aircraft appears to be. Wish they were located in the central U.S.

[p51]

I'm glad you liked the shots. I last went up there in 2005 if memory serves and I'd been wanting to get back ever since. Everett isn't a place I find myself in other than on my way to somewhere else, it seems.
As I'd spent a lot o time back in the 90s researching MIG-29s for a drawing I was doing, I'd badly hoped to see their 29 at FHC but was horribly disappointed that it wasn't on display. But the rest of the stuff was well worth it.

The Historic Flight Foundation is also there with their Bearcat, B-25, P-51, Spitfire, Tigercat, Pan Am-marked DC-3, T-6, Rapide, USAF-marked Beaver, Staggering, WACO, Travel Air and more.

I just didn't have the time to get down there, especially as I've seen their planes in several occasions at the Olympic Flight Museum shows in Olympia. I also ran out of time to see the B-52 there as well as I needed to get back to the house before it got dark and I had almost 100 miles to go, through some of the worst traffic in America.

Very nice pics. You captured how pristine each aircraft appears to be.

Yeah, the FHC ones especially appears to be in incredible shape. They fly a lot of these planes, though some can fly but don't due to their rarity (I was told the Dora can fly but they won't risk it).
the place ain't cheap to visit but it's well worth a few hours for people like us.

Wish they were located in the central U.S.

Well, they gotta be somewhere, and no matter where, someone would wish they were somewhere else...