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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If you’re driving around Seattle area this weekend, make sure to exercise good judgment if you’ve been imbibing.
The Seattle Police Department, Washington State Patrol, and police departments in neighborhood cities, have all added extra officers to the duty roster this weekend in anticipation of St. Patrick Day festivities.  They want you to have fun, and lots of it, but they don’t want you endangering anyone else while you’re doing it.
Don’t rely on the luck of the Irish!  Use good judgment and select a designated driver, get a hotel, take a cab, or walk, but don’t drink and drive.
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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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