No. 11 2011 Vintage Aircraft Weekend coming to Everett, WA

Where: Historic Flight Foundation Restoration Center
Located on the southwest corner of Paine Field
10719 Bernie Webber Drive
Mukilteo, Washington 98275

When: The fourth annual Vintage Aircraft Weekend will begin on Friday, September 2nd with aircraft arrivals throughout the day at Historic Flight Foundation's Restoration Hangar, Kilo 7, Paine Field

Speakers: Addison Pemberton and William E. Boeing, Jr. will address the importance of the Model 40B to the survival of the Boeing Company during the Great Depression. Dan Hagedorn will present “Hiding in Plane Site,” the story of operating Boeing Plant 2 in wartime camouflage. Mike Lavelle will share “Lessons Learned 100 Years Ago in the 1911 Transcontinental Flight of the Vin Fiz.” John Sessions will present two hundred shots taken in 2009 during the North Atlantic crossing of B-25D “Grumpy.”

Why: Educate and inspire visitors of all ages through an opportunity to experience history in action!

Tickets: Tickets for the Big Band Dinner Dance on the 2nd are $50 per person and include admission to the festival on the 3rd.

Discounted tickets for the festival on the 3rd may be purchased in advance for $10 at Historic Flight Foundation oronline. Tickets for the festival on the 3rd may also be purchased at the door on the day of the event: Adults – $12 | Senior/Military – $10 (65+) | Youth – $8 (6-15) | Child – Free (< 6) | Family – $25

Who: Hosted by Historic Flight Foundation along with many supporters including Cascade Warbirds, Castle & Cooke Aviation, Flying Heritage Collection, Future of Flight, Heritage Flight Museum, Museum of Flight, Paine Field, Port Townsend Aero Museum

Images From Past Vintage Weekends

(currently having issues with importing images, slide show will have to do for now)

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No. 10 King Salmon Run at Sunrise Mukilteo, WA

There has been a string of nice weather days happening across the Seattle area. Making for bright blue and orange sunrises. I frequently check the tide levels around Seattle on my phone using TideApp (available on iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Web). This morning the tide was running out. I decided to get there and see how far out the water had gone.

Mukilteo Pier during low Tide ©Puget Exposure

(Black & White) Mukilteo Pier Low Tide © PugetExposure

Mukilteo Shore dotted with Salmon Fishermen © Puget Exposure

Busy Mukilteo Boat Ramp © Puget Exposure

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No. 09 Planespotting, Dreamliner Certification Flight Boeing Field

Boeing Dreamliner H/B787 is now certified :) Headed down to KBFI to watch some planes take off to north over Georgetown. While I was on way to the airport I checked with Flightaware.com to see which aircraft were enroute or filed for departure. Among the departures were two Boeing 787 dreamliners. Since airplanes were landing to the north I parked along S. Hardy Street at the north end of Boeing Field and walked around the small hill looking for a clear shot down the runway.

 

BOE004 H/B787 takeoff 31L 

BOE006 H/B787 Lifting off RWY 31L

BOE004 H/B787 from below

Belly Shot of BOE004 H/B787

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No. 08 1954 Hat & Boots Oxbow Park Georgetown (Seattle)

Hat and Boots Park 
Oxbow Park 
6430 Corson Ave S, 98108

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 This is a famous landmark south of Seattle, originally part of a cowboy-themed gas station built in 1954 named "Premium Tex." The orange hat, 19 feet tall and 44 feet wide, sheltered the station office; the boots were Cowboys and Cowgirls bathrooms (the slightly smaller one was for the ladies). Its owners hoped to expand the gas station into a Western-themed shopping center named "Frontier Village," but the effort proved unsuccessful. The gas station closed in 1988, and Hat 'n' Boots sank into a period of decay and vandalism. Skateboarders cracked the brim of the Hat.
A local community council raised funds to help save Hat 'n' Boots, which in 2003 were moved to Oxbow Park in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood, a half-residential, half-industrial section of the city. The Boots were restored to their original state in 2005. But the Hat remained a wire skeleton for years until its restoration was finally completed in 2010. There are plans in the works to have it house an interpretive exhibit on the history and meaning of the Hat 'n' Boots.


By the late `80`s it looked like trail`s end for the Hat n` Boots gas station. Then Georgetown residents saddled up to save the 'soul' of their community.

Hat and Boots Restoration Project 2002

This is a famous landmark south of Seattle, originally part of a cowboy-themed gas station built in 1954 named "Premium Tex." The orange hat, 19 feet tall and 44 feet wide, sheltered the station office; the boots were Cowboys and Cowgirls bathrooms (the slightly smaller one was for the ladies).

Its owners hoped to expand the gas station into a Western-themed shopping center named "Frontier Village," but the effort proved unsuccessful. The gas station closed in 1988, and Hat 'n' Boots sank into a period of decay and vandalism. Skateboarders cracked the brim of the Hat.
A local community council raised funds to help save Hat 'n' Boots, which in 2003 were moved to Oxbow Park in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood, a half-residential, half-industrial section of the city. The Boots were restored to their original state in 2005. But the Hat remained a wire skeleton for years until its restoration was finally completed in 2010. There are plans in the works to have it house an interpretive exhibit on the history and meaning of the Hat 'n' Boots.

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No. 07 Edmonds, Wa North of Seattle

Rating : 4 out 5

Distance from Seattle, WA : 17 miles

Reason to go:
Edmonds offers a small town feel right up against the shoreline of Puget Sound. It has views of Puget Sound and both the Olympic Mountains and Cascade Range. It is a port in the Washington State Ferries system. Currently, the only ferry from Edmonds is a run to Kingston, Washington.
There are many tiny shops dotting the streets around downtown from a cheese monger, fashion stores  to PBS's Rick Steves own Travel Shop .
Its a nice town to pick up a quick lunch and window shop, or grab an ice cream and head on down to the waterfront. Its pedestrian friendly with many crosswalks and 20mph speed restricted. On nice summer evenings and on the weekend it will get very crowded both downtown and in the surrounding parks. Arrive early or late to avoid the crowds of families coming out to go to food, art, jazz festivals  or just play on the beach.

checkout Edmonds Events Calender

 

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houses along Sunset Ave N

dogs at play at off-leash park

Edmonds Solstice by pfly on Flickr

 

 

 

 

 

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