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. 216 German and British Fighter Planes fly the Friendly Skies over Everett, WA

Battle of Britain Day 2013
Flying Heritage Collection
3407 109th st SW
Everett WA
www.flyingheritagecollection.com


September 7, 2013 was the Flying Heritage Collection's "Battle of Britain Day" featuring their Supermarine Spitfire Mk. Vc and Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 at Paine Field located in Everett, Washington. The Spitfire was flown by local pilot Greg Anders and the Messerschmitt was flown by air racer John Penney.


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Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 (flown by John Penney) Supermarine Spitfire Mk. Vc (flown by Greg Anders)

Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 (flown by John Penney) 

Supermarine Spitfire Mk. Vc (flown by Greg Anders)

Spitfire:
This aircraft: Allocated to the British-based Czech 312 Squadron on September 11, 1942, it was piloted by Squadron Leader Tomas Vybiral. On May 14, 1943, Vybiral led his squadron on a daring wave-top raid against enemy shipping at St. Peters Port, Guernsey. AR 614 was heavily damaged by flak, killing its wingman and narrowly missing Vybiral in the cockpit, but he was able to lead his squadron safely back to England.

Bf 109:
This aircraft: This Bf 109-E was manufactured in Germany and deployed in October 1939. Piloted by Eduard Hemmerling, it flew primarily over France. Hemmerling shot down a British Spitfire on July 7, 1940, while escorting Stuka dive-bombers that were attacking British ships in Dover harbor. Later that month he destroyed a British Blenheim bomber and another British plane. But his own aircraft was mortally wounded, and Hemmerling turned back toward France. His failing airplane crashed off the coast of Cap Blanc Nez, killing the 27-year-old pilot. In 1988, a man walking on the beach near Calais noticed a piece of metal sticking out of the sand -- the tip of this plane's wing.

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No. 212 WWII German Fighter Planes take the sky over Everett for "Luftwaffe Day"

Flying Heritage Collection
http://www.flyingheritage.com/
3407 109th St SW
Everett, WA

Saturday August 17th at Paine Field in Everett, Washington

*UPDATED WITH New IMAGES*

Flying Heritage Collection's Summer Saturday Fly Days for 2013 continues Saturday 8/17/2013 with
"Luftwaffe Day" featuring the collections Bf 109, FW 190, and Storch in an areial display around noon. A panel discussion will take place after the air show  (aprox. 1:45 pm) with veteran warbird flyers John Penney and Steve Hinton. 
These maintenance flights are planned activities, but somewhat tentative, based on weather conditions, pilot availability and the mechanical condition of the aircraft. Decisions to cancel Fly Day may not be made until shortly before the flight, so if you have a concern please call FHC prior to your visit.

As of today the long term forecast in the Seattle area is for afternoon showers through Friday afternoon, but should be clear and dry for the weekend.

FOCKE-WULF FW 190 A-5 departs RWY 16R during FHC "Luftwaffe Day"

FIESELER FI 156 C-2 STORCH starts a very, very short Take Off roll

FIESELER FI 156 C-2 STORCH soars into the air with ease

FIESELER FI 156 C-2 STORCH

Distance rainclouds frame FIESELER FI 156 C-2 STORCH during FHC "Luftwaffe Day"

FIESELER FI 156 C-2 STORCH Slow and Low Flight characteristics on display

FOCKE-WULF FW 190 A-5 Over takes the Storch on a high speed pass with ease

Main Gallery of Flying Heritage Collection

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 (Emil)

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5

Fieseler Fi 156 C-2 Storch

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No. 199 Washington's largest single-day car show draws tens of thousands of people and hundreds of cars

SATURDAY JUNE 29 8 AM - 4 PM
It's the biggest single-day car show in Washington State. Where hundreds and hundreds of rolling works of art go on display and tens of thousands of enthusiasts and spectators walk and gawk all day long. The Car Show is a Seafair Sanctioned Event, which gives away it proceeds to nonprofits and charities. This event is also a Food Drive for the Greenwood Food Bank. Hope to see you Saturday, June 29th.

Greenwood Car Show Website 
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No. 194 Father's Day Flight of Two

Father's Day at Flying Heritage Collection
3407 109th Street SW
Everett, WA 98204
http://www.flyingheritage.com/default.aspx

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Flying Heritage Collection Main Gallery
Flying Heritage Hangar 2 Grand Opening

A bright blue sky and warm temperatures accompanied today's Fly Day at Paine Field. Its hard to want to stay indoors with such a good weather briefing. And pilots and aircraft a like felt the same way. It was a busy day at KPAE. Current construction on Runway 34R/16L means that the western Runway 34L/16R is the only active runway for General Aviation, Flight Schools, Boeing Test Flights, NAS Whidbey F-18 Hornets and the Vintage aircraft housed at Paine Field. Amongst the GA traffic a few Boeing 787s, 777, 747s also returned from the wild blue yonder .
The Collings Foundation is in town over Father's Day Weekend which added to the resident aircraft buzzing the shoreline of Mukilteo which included B-17, B-25, B-25, P-51, P-51, P-47 and a Mig-29.
The next Fly Day will be on June 29th at 12pm featuring Hellcat and Zero for "Pacific Legends Day"

Father & Son Flight Demonstration Pilots Bud and Ross Granley took to the sky in the P-51D Mustang and P-47 Thunderbolt and put on a very tight formation flight for 30 minutes. 

 
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Father and Son Flight Demonstration Pilots Bud and Ross Granley

HFC's P-51D Mustang "Upupa Epops"

HFC's P-47 Thunderbolt "Tallahassee Lassie"

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No. 193 Plane Spotting at Paine Field 6/15/2013

During today's Fly Day at Paine Field hosted by Flying Heritage Collection there were war birds, general aviation and a few Boeing Jet arrivals into 34L. The east Runway 34R is closed for repairs and drainage upgrades so this makes the local pattern quit full on nice weekends with aircraft all over the skies. But that is not a bad thing. Mount Rainier also came out of the haze to provide a nice North West backdrop to the north flow arrivals.

HFC's Mig-29 N29UB holds short for take off clearance

Mig-29 throttling up

Mig-29 take off roll

Mig-29 accelerates past home base and the crowd on the east side

NIPPON CARGO B747-8KZF

Main Landing Gear Touch Down NIPPON CARGO B747-8KZF

Mount Rainier and A7-BFE Qatar Airways Cargo Boeing 777-FDZ

A7-BFE Qatar Airways Cargo Boeing 777-FDZ - cn 39644 / ln 1110

Mount Rainier and G-ZBJB British Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner -
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Returns KPAE after a test flight

G-ZBJB British Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner -
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Returns KPAE after a test flight

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