I'm going to fool you on this one. My first interesting visit in 2017 wasn't to see a performance of this French play for theatre. Rather it is to report on a marvellous visit to the Boeing aircraft factory at Everett just north of Seattle which 5 members of our party took today. Yes, we entered the biggest factory building in the world to see the construction of 747s, 777s, and 787s and their variants in the form of cargo rather than passenger planes. And it was riveting. That's also a pun because the experience was fascinating on the one hand and we learned about the millions of actual rivets used in piecing together a plane! See https://www.futureofflight.org/ to get a feeling for the experience we had.
Alas, no photography was allowed ... for obvious reasons. So the pictures below just give an impression of the site and its surroundings - the latter being beautiful. Here's the Future of Flight HQ and museum
And it's in the shadow of the Volcano, Mt Baker, lying to the north - covered in winter snow.
Inside the museum, I was taken with this flag display - presumably being the flags of nations purchasing Boeing aircraft.
Here's what appears to be an experimental plane - and views of the museum interior.
Up on the roof, we could see the aircraft construction factory we were about to visit and, in the building opposite that the place where planes are painted to customer specifications.
Aircraft awaiting collection by purchasers.
The snow-covered Cascade mountain range to the east ... and the 4400 m Mt Rainier in the second picture.
Examining various types of jet airliner propulsion.
Max posing with a Lamborghini that uses carbon fibre technology to reduce weight just like the new Boeing Dreamliner (787).
I was able to sit in a pilot's seat and twiddle with the controls!
A mock-up of a first class cabin.
Picture of Bec and Max encaged in a flight simulator that, at this stage, was banking an aircraft (a fighter jet) steeply.
Again, a very worthwhile trip well organised by Emily. I can see a career opening up here!
AS
Alas, no photography was allowed ... for obvious reasons. So the pictures below just give an impression of the site and its surroundings - the latter being beautiful. Here's the Future of Flight HQ and museum
And it's in the shadow of the Volcano, Mt Baker, lying to the north - covered in winter snow.
Here's what appears to be an experimental plane - and views of the museum interior.
Up on the roof, we could see the aircraft construction factory we were about to visit and, in the building opposite that the place where planes are painted to customer specifications.
Aircraft awaiting collection by purchasers.
The snow-covered Cascade mountain range to the east ... and the 4400 m Mt Rainier in the second picture.
Examining various types of jet airliner propulsion.
Max posing with a Lamborghini that uses carbon fibre technology to reduce weight just like the new Boeing Dreamliner (787).
I was able to sit in a pilot's seat and twiddle with the controls!
A mock-up of a first class cabin.
Picture of Bec and Max encaged in a flight simulator that, at this stage, was banking an aircraft (a fighter jet) steeply.
Again, a very worthwhile trip well organised by Emily. I can see a career opening up here!
AS
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