No. 281 Olympic Flight Museum Saturday Highlights

Olympic Flight Museum 
7637 Old Highway 99 Southeast
Tumwater, WA 
website: http://olympicairshow.com/

Saturday Highlights.
The sun came out Saturday for the 16th Annual Olympic Air Show and a variety of aircraft from R/C Planes, Helicopters, and Warbirds filled the skies above Olympic Flight Museum with low high speed passes and aerobatic maneuvers. A TFR (Temporary Flight Restriction) over Olympia Airport means only Air Boss approved aircraft can enter the show box over Olympia Airport. This safety measure allows stunt pilots and aircraft to perform more aerial maneuvers such as loops, inverted and low passes that you won't see at other air shows.
Day 2 is Sunday June 15th Gates open at 9am. 

Here are some Highlights of Saturdays Performers

visitors walk through "FiFi' B-29 Superfortress Bomber 

Olympic Flight Museum's FG-1D Corsair before its afternoon flight 

P-51 Mustang Alley 

P-51 Mustang "DiamondBack"

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No. 174 2013 Pacific North West Air Show Calendar

2013 Vintage and GA Air Show Circuit in the Pacific Northwest  

Version 1.1 updated 4/5/2013

These flights are planned activities, but somewhat tentative, based on weather conditions, pilot availability and the mechanical condition of the aircraft. Decisions to cancel an air show or specific aircraft may not be made until shortly before the flight, so if you have a concern please contact the organizer for up to the minute details


*April 12th Flying Heritage Collection Hangar 2 Grand Opening, Free Entry 11am-5pm

*April 13th Historic Flight Foundation Spring Shake-Down KPAE canceled due to WX
*April 20th Historic Flight Foundation Spring Shake-Down KPAE

*May 18th Paine Field Aviation Day, KPAE Hurricane/Zero

*May 23rd - 27th EAA B-17 Flights, MoF KBFI

*May 25th Cascade Warbirds Fly-In, Mof KBFI

*June 8th Flying Tigers Day FHC KPAE P-40/Zero

*June 14th-16th Collings Foundation, HFF KPAE B-17/B-24/P-51
*June 15th Father's Day FHC P-51/P-47

*June 16th War Bird Weekend, HFM, KBLI

*June 21st - 25th Collings Foundation, MoF KBFI B-17/B-24/P-51

*June 29th Pacific Legends Day FHC , KPAE

*July 4th Tacoma Freedom Fair Air Show, Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA

*July 6th Tacoma Freedom Fair Wings & Wheels Tacoma Narrows Airport, Tacoma, WA

*July 11th ~ July 13th EAA Arlington Fly-In, KAWO

*July 13th American Heroes Air Show /Helicopter Day, MoF, KBFI

*July 13th~14th Olympic Airshow KOLM

*July 20th Allied Aces Day, HFF, KPAE Spitfire/P-51

*July 20nd/21st JBLM Expo, KTCM

*July 19th~July 21st North Cascades Fly-In,  Concrete, WA 3W5

*July 26th-28th  Tri-City Water Follies - Over the River Airshow Kennewick, Pasco, WA
*July 31- August 2nd Seafair KBFI/Lake Washington F/A18, B-25, Patriots, Zero, A-10, C-135

*August 17th Luftwaffe Day, HFF, KPAE BF 109/FW 109, Storch

*August 17th Props and Ponies, HFM, KBLI  

*August 30th~September 1st Vintage Aircraft Weekend, HFF, KPAE B-25/P-40/P-51/F7F/F8F/DC3

*September 7th Battle of Britain, FHC,  KPAE BF 109/Spitfire

*September 21st Air War over Russia Day, HFC, KPAE IL-2/FW 109

*September 28th Arlington Airport Appreciation Day

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No.125 Nisqually WIldlife Refuge

Nisqually Wildlife Refuge
I-5 Exit 114
8 Miles north of Olympia
Website: http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Nisqually/

MAP IT
Open Daily Sunrise to Sunset
$3 fee per group of 4 Adults



The Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on the Nisqually River Delta near Puget Sound in northeastern Thurston County, Washington and northwestern Pierce County, Washington. The refuge is located just off Interstate 5, between the cities of Tacoma and Olympia.
The 12.6 km² refuge was created in 1974 to provide habitat and nesting areas for waterfowl and other migratory birds. It includes a protected estuary, salt marshes and open mudflats, freshwater marshes, open grassland, and riparian woodland and brush. An additional 3.2 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi) planned is protected by the disjoint Black River Unit on a tributary of the Chehalis River.
Over 20,000 birds, made up of 275 different migrating species, use the freshwater marshes and grasslands for breeding, resting or wintering. The most abundant bird types include raptors, shorebirds and songbirds. Larger animals such as hawks and coyotes feast in the grassland due to the presence of mice and voles.
The riparian woodland and brush habitats contain many amphibians, mammals and reptiles. The Refuge has around 5 miles of walking trails. The one-mile long raised boardwalk Twin Barns Loop Trail takes you past various marshes and small ponds, past the Twin Barns and then to open estuary.

Entrance to Nisqually Refuge

Portion of Twin Barns Loop Trail

The Eastern Twin of the Twin Barns

Mallard Duck eating algae in a pond

Everyone is in on it

A Young Red Tailed Hawk keeps an eye on the walkers below

Be mindful of the squirrels

Spider Web covered in morning dew

wildlife photos

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