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<\/a>\nA British Airways Retired Concord<\/p>\n
Thursday, July 15, 2010 Seattle Another stage in the Tour started the day but just barely. Each day we seem to get to bed later and as a result wake up later. A note about the Tour: Lance Armstrong, who was expected to compete for the win in his last Tour hasn’t been a factor … Continue reading Family – Day 3<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curtiscsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curtiscsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curtiscsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curtiscsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curtiscsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/curtiscsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curtiscsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curtiscsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curtiscsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBoeing VC-137B Air Force One [SAM, retired]
\nSeveral US Presidents used this plane including Ike, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. By today’s standards, not very cushy but that’s progress.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nL to R: Jacob (facing away), Isaac, Heidi, Matt & dad<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe original 727 model (yes, I’m old enough to have flown on several of those babies!).<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe original 747 (didn’t fly on one of these until this past year though I’m sure it was a much later model)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSome eggs with that ham?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nNot to be outdone…<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n…only to be outdone.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nNot exactly what you call ‘lift’…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nL to R: dad, Isaac, Dave & Stu<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWhat can I say…I couldn’t resist.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nOff to the Great Gallery at break-neck speed…<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe Personal Courage Wing from the Airpark (houses the WWI and WWII exhibits)<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nPedestrian bridge<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nDad and Stu in the elevator up…<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nL to R: dad, mom, Matt, Mindy, Matie (in front), Tana, Heidi, Em (in front), Rachel, Isaac, Jacob, Stu, Dave<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nThe Great Gallery<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nI had to take Matt to the airport so he and I blazed through the Great Gallery ahead of everyone else. The Gallery is composed of planes and displays on the ground level and a ‘cloud’ level. A pretty impressive sight and collection of aircraft. Here: Lockheed M-21 Blackbird.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBoeing B&W<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nDouglas DC-3<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMikoyan-Guervich MiG-21 PFM<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMcDonnell F-4 Phantom II (one of my favorite fighter jets as a kid)<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFrom the rear…<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFrom the front…<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nDetail.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAnd one more for the road (I did say it was my favorite as a kid…).<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nLear Fan 2100 & DC 3 <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nStephens Akro (mounted in a bank turn)<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBeach C-45H Expeditor<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nNorthop YF-5A<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nA look back through the Gallery<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nDouglas A-4 Skyhawk II (Blue Angels Navy Jet)<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nCanadair CL-13B Saber<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAeronca L-3B Grasshopper<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSwallow Commercial<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFairchild F24W (Grasshopper in the background)<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nStinson SR Reliant<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBowers Fly Baby (yellow, foreground) & Nothrop YF-5A<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nCloseup of the Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair, another of my favorite planes from WW II (Bah, Bah Blacksheep).<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMatt saying his goodbyes…<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n…and an unsuspecting Tana, who doesn’t like her picture taken (gotcha!).<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSnapped a shot of this vintage MG on the way back from the airport (Boeing worker’s car).<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nResurs 500 Capsule, launched by the former Soviet Union<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMcDonnell Mercury Capsule Reproduction, Space Pioneer <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBoeing Model 40B<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBoeing 80A-1<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFrom the front…<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nDC 3<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n…another (one of my favorite planes in the gallery)<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWhen I got back from the airport I found several of the family in the 2 flight simulators…this is the peanut gallery (so to speak).<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nGavin, Dave and Jacob practicing before going into the simulators.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nA view of the western side of the gallery<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nCurtiss Robin C-1<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nCockpit of one of the jets you can sit in (can’t remember what jet). At this point my phone died, so i didn’t get any other photos from the museum. I’ll have to go back for more at some point!
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\nShots from 99 as we made our way back from Costco to Phinney Ridge.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
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\nGolden Gardens Beach<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n…not really golden or much of a garden, but it’s the closest, nicest beach in this part of town.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWhile the kids played, we sat or stood around and talked or took pictures…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\n…while Jacob trolled for any sea life just off shore…the only ‘older’ one brave enough to venture into the frigid water of the Sound.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nOK, so Isaac’s eyes are shut, but I still like the shot.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nNice try Jacob, but there aren’t any ‘girls’ here worth impressing…good practice though.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMatie plays on while Em quickly dunks herself in the cold water to rinse off the sand.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWhile Stu and Zack blissfully play on…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\n…and mom and dad patiently wait…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\n…until it’s their turn for a quick dunk to rinse off.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMatie just keeps playing…ah, the blissful life of a kid. <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBack at the house, a quick warm up in the hot tub.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nYour guess is as good as mine \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"