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| Albatross DVa |
While the museum has aircraft from all eras, on this visit, most of my time was spent in the WWI wing of the museum. With my resurgent interest in WWI aerial combat, why not take this opportunity to examine some of these famous aircraft up close? I could not resist.
Below are a selection of photos from the WWI wing of the museum. The display is dark thus some of the photos are not as photogenic as expected. A wonderful display, nevertheless.
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| Aviatik DI |
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| Caproni Ca 20 |
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| Fokker DRI Triplane |
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| Fokker DRI Triplane |
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| Fokker DVII |
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| Fokker DVII Lozenge pattern |
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| Fokker DVIII |
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| Fokker Eindecker |
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| Nieuport 24bis |
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| Nieuport 24bis |
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| Nieuport 27 |
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| SE5 |
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| Sopwith Camel |
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| Sopwith Pup |
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| Sopwith Triplane |
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| Sopwith Triplane |
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| Sopwith Triplane |
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| SPAD XIII |
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| SPAD XIII |
28 comments:
Fantastic! Thank You for a photos sir!
Is a game of Canvas Eagles in the wings? Excuse the pun.
Now that is a fine collection of beautiful aircraft.
Thank you for sharing Jonathan
All the best. Aly
Excellent. Thanks for this - great pics. I may get sent to Seattle myself this year, so will have to pay a visit.
You are welcome!
If not a game, it certainly provides motivation for getting another kit into the build/paint queue!
Very fine collection, indeed! Also in among the static displays are two WWI aerial combat flight simulators. That looked like fun!
First rate display, for sure! If you are in Seattle and have time, the MoF is recommended.
That's a great find, Jon! The planes look tiny in person, I bet.
Geeze, I lived in Tacoma, WA, for four years and didn’t even know this museum existed. Of course, that was some time ago (84-89), so I’ll console myself by assuming that it hadn’t yet come into existence. Thanks for sharing!
What a great collection!
Best Iain
Awesome, Jonathan! I recognized the Albatross in the first image immediately. It'd be great if you could make it there for the annual game day.
Jonathan I agree this is a wonderful place. On one of my visits to Seattle, Boeing held the conference dinner there so I had about four hours wandering about and looking at the exhibits when I probably should have been building relationships with other convention attendees. It was a great evening.
Scott, the Aviatik and the Sopwith Triplane looked bigger than I expected. The Nieuports were small.
Ed, next time you are in the Puget Sound, put this on your list of things to do.
Indeed!
I ought to make that effort!
Mark, I would do the same as you and spend my evening wandering the museum; after dinner of course!
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing Jonathan
Roy, with your project, I figured you might interest in this.
What a cool museum! That would make a very nice day to spend looking around.
Indeed! This is only a small sampling of what is on display. The collection is overwhelming.
These WW 1 planes just have a romance about them that later aircraft lack... at least for me!
Me too!
Awesome planes and wonderful photos, great post, I'm jealous!
It is a terrific aviation museum, Phil!
Awesome update. Its been years since I've visited there. If you get a chance the National Air and Space Museum ANNEX near Dulles Airport has a large collection including Eddie Rickenbacker's a/c.
I would enjoy seeing Rickenbacker's aircraft and the ANNEX. I vaguely recall reading his biography as a young lad when I had a big interest in both auto racing and WWI air combat.
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