The Seattle Traveler

Look!  Up in the air!  It’s a P-51 Mustang and a Hawker Hurricane!
These vintage aircraft are just two of Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection, which also includes 15 restored fighter planes from the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union.  The collection also features a Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk (in photo), believed to be the only one in the world currently in flying condition. 
In other words, for airplane fans – this is some seriously cool stuff – and well worth the drive north to Everett.
On alternate Saturdays through mid-October, these vintage aircraft will take to the …read more

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Where do airplanes come from?
Well, if you’re visiting the Seattle area, there’s only one answer to that question:  Boeing, of course.  As the saying around these parts goes:  If it’s not Boeing, I’m not going!
Boeing’s plant at Paine Field (about 30 miles north of Seattle) is home to The Future of Flight & Boeing Tour.
The Boeing factory tour allows you to see the flight line where the 747, 767, 777 (and soon the 787) are made.  On the tour you will walk through part of the largest building in the world by volume — some 472,000,000 cubic feet.  It takes room …read more

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