JAL and Qatar 787s
We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn which is right next to the Future of Flight centre.
The view from our hotel room
We just stayed at the hotel for the day. Not much was happening at Paine Field. There were just a few light aircraft doing circuits and one 777 that departed.
Etihad B77W A6-ETP departs to Portland for painting
The Dreamlifter
The first 787 for BA
Lots of 787s over there!
Future of Flight building
More photos from Paine Field can be found here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon...7633993400190/
DAY 8: BOEING FACTORY TOUR AND SEATTLE SPACE NEEDLE
Before doing the Boeing Tour we went down to see if anything was happening. And there was an ANA 787 about to land.
JA820A
We then had a look through the Future of Flight museum.
Future of Flight
A real Boeing 727 cockpit
We did a 10am tour of the Boeing Factory. The tour goes for 90 minutes and takes you to the 747-8, 777 and 787 production lines. It was a very good tour; the only downside is that you aren’t allowed to take photos. The highlight was seeing Jetstar’s first Boeing 787-8 in final assembly. On the 747 line there was another 747-8F for Cathay Pacific Cargo, can’t remember what else. On the 777 line there was a B77W for Emirates and TAM and a B772 for Asiana. On the 787 line there was an aircraft for ANA, BA and of course Jetstar.
In the afternoon we drove into Seattle to go up the space needle. Seattle is a beautiful city!
The Space Needle
And the view, very nice!
More photos can be seen here if anyone is interested.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandon...7633990786567/
We also drove down to Boeing Field and drove around before returning to Paine Field.