Time to spare in Seattle? Down opposite Boeing Field is the Museum of Flight - a great place to while away a few hours, with an awesome collection of aircraft from more than a century of aviation.
Mister Boeing's Airplane Company has recreated the original woodworking benches in the "Red Barn" on which the first production airplanes were handcrafted
Meanwhile, across the road are some of the icons of modern aviation - including the prototype 747 Jumbo Jet, Air Force One - the presidential aircraft used by Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, and one of the world's 18 remaining Concordes, donated to the museum by British Airways.
Reflected in the windows of the Museum's latest addition, the new space gallery (opening soon), this magnificent aircraft has lost none of its magic.
In the Personal Courage wing are fighters from World War I and World War II
Ten fighter planes from World War II
represent all the major combatants.
Iconic images at every turn - like this Lockheed Super Constellation of Trans Canada Air Lines
and the Douglas DC-2 of Trans World Airlines.
Just look at that for luxury - real curtains!
Among the 'flying' exhibits in the Great Hall is this lovely DC-3 of Alaska Airlines
And, not to be forgotten, the ubiquitous deHavilland Canada Beaver DHC-2. Designed as a bush plane, many were subsequently fitted with floats. A museum piece, maybe, but with more than 1,600 built between 1947 and 1967, it's amazing to think that there are hundreds still in daily service along Canada's coastline today.
Dozens of DHC-2 Beavers still ply the islands and inlets of the BC coast - a tribute to the rugged simplicity of the original design.
This Tofino Air Beaver flies regularly to and from Silva Bay on Gabriola.
Read more about this fascinating museum at www.museumofflight.org
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