NW EAA Fly-In

We will be flying from Calgary to KAWO for the EAA fly-in for the fifth year
and would like to see some interesting sites around Washington, Oregon and
Montana. We've been to McMinville and the Spruce Goose Museum as well as
the blimp hangar and Museum at Tillemook.
The Boeing plant will likely be on our tour this year. Any suggestions as to
other interesting places or events to visit preferably near airfields
(aviation related or not!) appreciated. Our window is July 4th to July 13th.
Thanks!
Roland

All airways in Oregon lead to 7S5, home of The Noon Patrol.

RDR wrote:
We will be flying from Calgary to KAWO for the EAA fly-in for the fifth year
and would like to see some interesting sites around Washington, Oregon and
Montana. We've been to McMinville and the Spruce Goose Museum as well as
the blimp hangar and Museum at Tillemook.
The Boeing plant will likely be on our tour this year. Any suggestions as to
other interesting places or events to visit preferably near airfields
(aviation related or not!) appreciated. Our window is July 4th to July 13th.
Thanks!
Roland



--
John Kimmel


I think it will be quiet around here now. So long.

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:41:32 GMT, "RDR" wrote:

We will be flying from Calgary to KAWO for the EAA fly-in for the fifth year
and would like to see some interesting sites around Washington, Oregon and
Montana. We've been to McMinville and the Spruce Goose Museum as well as
the blimp hangar and Museum at Tillemook.
The Boeing plant will likely be on our tour this year. Any suggestions as to
other interesting places or events to visit preferably near airfields
(aviation related or not!) appreciated. Our window is July 4th to July 13th.

The Museum of Flight on Boeing Field would be a great stop. They just
added their "Personal Courage Wing," which features all the WWI and WWII
fighters the museum obtained when they bought the Champlain fighter
collection. Neat displays. I believe that with prior arrangement, you can
park your plane at the museum.

Pearson airport in Vancouver, WA has a neat little museum. Takes an hour
or two to go through.

Ron Wanttaja

Ron Wanttaja wrote:

Pearson Field is a National Historical Site. It has a right/left pattern
depending on the wind in order to keep out of the pattern for Portland. Pattern
is always to the North I think. Aside from the turbulence of the jumbo's coming
in and crossing the river at about where the field is, Portland is dual use and
since 9/11, F-15's will scramble out of there pretty agressively. I have not
been to pearson in two years so this may be out of date, but I used to live
across the street.

Aside from the displays about trans-pacific flights and some very nice planes,
there is a great cutaway corncob engine (I'd love to have one of those for a
novelty tractor pull attraction). The field is also home to a number of members
of Van's Air Force. You can also easily walk to Fort Vancouver and get a cake
of compressed trade tea and a Hudson Bay blanket - for about $600 IIRC.

I second the idea of a stop at Boeing Field for the Museum of Flight. I have
also heard that Paul Allen has a bunch of war birds being restored for flight.
I don't know if you can see them but I think they are at Arlington. Someone
here can correct me I'm sure.

-- Charlie Springer

On 21 Jun 2004 07:20:52 GMT, (Regnirps) wrote:

I second the idea of a stop at Boeing Field for the Museum of Flight. I have
also heard that Paul Allen has a bunch of war birds being restored for flight.
I don't know if you can see them but I think they are at Arlington. Someone
here can correct me I'm sure.

You are correct. Allen's collection is not open to the public, but he does
allow visits by private tour groups. He's also going to have an open house
four times a year where selected aircraft are flown...and I bet the fly-in
will be one of those times.

Ron Wanttaja

(Regnirps) wrote in message ...
Ron Wanttaja wrote:

Pearson Field ...
Aside from the displays about trans-pacific flights and some very nice planes,
there is a great cutaway corncob engine (I'd love to have one of those for a
novelty tractor pull attraction).
-- Charlie Springer

Back in the 70's I worked with the group preserving the last B-36,
down in Ft. Worth. One day we got a call from someone wanting to buy
the carbs, oil coolers, etc. from the QEC power package. Seems he'd
found an R-4360 still packed in Cosmoline out in a field (might have
been jettisonhed from a ferry flight), and he wanted to put it on a
tractor.

Corrie