Coming up in the Northwest:

Boy that's too bad . I am going in for a root canal that day and the day after , my wife and I are going to a basket weaving demonstration at her grandmother's. Sounds like I'll miss some good stuff. Hello.....Hello......Jim are you still there? I hope that the weather holds until then, it has been amazingly clear and hot. Last week when the B-17 and B-24 were here they kept flying over my house. Wore out a pair of tennies running out of the door five times a day. Got the ol' heart pumping when they came over. And I got comments that, " It's just another airplane!"

 

Basket weaving .......I'm sorry but, turn in the man card on the way out.

 

Jim we'll be there and look forward to seeing you. Sounds like a great weekend. I hope they have some Piper Cubs there.

 

Jim,
We will probably park down by John Session's "Historic Flight" facility at Kilo-6 and take the shuttle up to Paul Allen's side.

Historic Flight

Check your PM for our phone numbers.
See you there.
DJ

 

Crap, I have an 0800 departure to HNL. Anyone want to meet up for dinner on the 24th?

 

Sorry Jim, I'll be working Friday night.

 

Where will you be staying and will you be mobile?

 

I do have a set of wheels and I stay at a hotel just south of SEATAC.

 

I'm in town then ... but can't come North - I'm in the Tacoma area.

Would be happy to meet up in Tacoma...

Jedi

 

Lets see what develops.

 

PLANES:
At 1 pm, SkyFair takes to the air above Paine Field to demonstrate some of the rarest and most iconic warbirds. Scheduled to fly for the crowds are the FHC’s tough P-47 Thunderbolt, nimble Mitsubishi Zero, intrepid Hawker Hurricane, and twin-engine B-25 Mitchell bomber. Also, visitors will get to see, and hear, the last flying German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in the world, flown by test pilot and movie flyer Steve Hinton.

SCHEDULE:
Doors open at 10 am, kids activities start at 10:30 a.m., tank & artillery demonstrations at 11:00 a.m., planes fly at 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

 

You never know.
I've two lists and with different aircraft in each.

 

I saw it some time last year and it is just a big ugly airplane. The Allison has foot long exhaust stack extensions and it sure sounds different.

 

Jim, you have a PM.

 

Jim, Airport Road is just east of the field, running north and south. The Bomarc building is on the right of Airport Road as you head north toward the main Boeing plant and about 1/2 mile south of it. I think that Dana can probably work up a map or one can be accessed from Google. I'll work on it , too.

 

The actual building is called the 45-80 and the address is 9819, Airport Road, Everett, 98204. Due east of the airport.
Google Earth view shows the layout pretty good.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/9819+Airport+Rd,+The+Boeing+Company,+Everett,+WA+98204/@47.9098139,-122.2697193,707m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x5490015ab5ed960b:0x79a1f244329d403d?hl=en

This would put you closest to a route southwest to Minuteman Drive which leads into 112th street SW and west to Flying Heritage Collection.

It's a longer ride than coming up from Kilo 6 but not too bad.

To get there, heading north on I-5, take exit 186 and turn left to head west on 128th St. SE.
It will turn into Airport Road a 1/2 mile west, once you start bending northwest.
Start looking for 100th St. a mile or so up the road and the signs for parking on the RH side.
If you miss it, hang a right on 94th and make another right to head south on 27th. That will put you in the parking lot.
Confused yet?

 

We've gone all summer without a drop of rain and, typical of this place , we are supposed to get rain on the weekend that usually doesn't get any. Just like they say, if you don't like the weather in Seattle, wait fifteen minutes and it will change. Anyway, we hope that it's just a few sprinkles so it won't ruin your weekend.

 

Forecasting is very difficult due to the variable modeling options caused by terrain, temperature and jet stream.
There isn't just one prevailing wind or pattern but more like four.
The four patterns battle each other until one wins out, which is very hard to predict.

Determining factors do not remain constant as in many other places.

It may sprinkle a little Saturday morning but what I am most concerned with is the ceiling.
If it doesn't go above 1,000 they don't fly usually.

 

I wanna go.
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Now wouldn't that be fun ! Going to an aerial display with somebody who has absolutely no knowledge about airplanes. We would spend the entire day explaining things like "wing,tail group, fuselage, and techinal stuff"
Steve, hop on an aeroplane and join us.