A Walk Through Boeing's "Museum of Flight"

[@andyd1006]

Been there many times since I was a kid. It has changed a lot. Every time I get a chance to go. I'm like a kid in a candy store in that place. Great tour.

[@murraymaxwell835]

Thank you very much for the great tour of the Boeing Museum of Flight.

[@adeskin1701]

Just FYI, the Museum of Flight is not a part of the Boeing Company. It's a common misconception. We have a close relationship with Boeing, of course, but we are an independent nonprofit. You can believe me because I've worked there for 17 years.

[@artbrownsr]

I stumbled upon this, and before I watch it I'll tell one of my experiences there. In the late '80's they had a special event involving the " Soluz( probably misspelling) and American astronauts " my son was in WEBELOS at the time and my wife and I were the Den leaders. We arranged with the Museum for our Pack to attend the event as trash collection volunteers. It has been to long to remember numbers but we had representatives of each rank of Cub Scout in our group from Tiger to WEBELO. It was a fantastic day for us all. No incidents all our kids did well, the staff was happy the kids were happy and the parents were happy. My son in his 40's now still looks on that event with fondness.

[@ญัติผิวขาว]

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[@charlesneely265]

Ryan M-1 (seen above, at 29:00) was recovered from a cow paddock outside San Louis Obisbo CA, where it crashed 1931. Ty Sundstrom, of Dawn Patrol Aviation, restored this aircraft late 1970's thru mid 90's. Turned out this is actually Ryan Airlines M-1 #1, and was largely built by a fellow named Waterhouse, and finished by Ryan employees, 1926. Charles Lindbergh flew this aircraft several times from Dutch Flat airfield, outside San Diego CA, Feb-March, 1927. IIRC, his famous NYP was Ryan M type #26.

[@8172008]

B-17's left here as they were built during WWII across the street at Plant Two, which was removed from the face of the earth a while back, all gone but not forgotten :--)))) I worked there several times during my younger years.

[@genemcguire7024]

We live out of state now, but I lived and pretty much grew into adulthood in Seattle for over 30 years, saw the beginnings of the museum and many of the changes. A great video tour with just one small gripe. I wish you had concentrated on the reader boards steadily for about 2-3 seconds so I could stop the video and read them. You did that a few times, but not nearly enough. Having been there many times myself, I know you probably had a limited time to work on this. I always recommend to people visiting for the first time, give yourself at least 3 hours or you just won't have time to see everything. Otherwise, a great tour video and with your very clear VoiceOver descriptions, all in all, a great video that I'll view many times.

[@AmericaVoice]

Great job with this video! I got to go to through the Everett, Washington plant tour and that was massive and awe inspiring day! It wasn't even planned for me to see. I just heard about it while visiting Seattle via the port.

[@fredMplanenut]

Great video thank you, and you have persuaded me that this will be a priority during my WaState visit nexr year.

[@mickmckean7378]

Excellent walkthrough and narration, thanks so much for sharing this and your other videos! I will go there some day, along with the two Smithsonians and US Air Force Museum.

[@robertheinkel6225]

Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton OH is a must see museum. You can do a quick see in a day, but two days is better if you want to see all the exhibits.

[@slartybarfastb3648]

And The Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola Florida

[@dudieland]

Thanks for your great videos, I'll never get out to many of these museums, and I get tired just watching, never mind walking.

[@seventhson27]

When we were there, one of the most impressive things that they had was a B29 sitting outside ..... entirely shrink wrapped.

[@FetchTheSled]

Thanks for sharing!! I remember their 747 being restored on a program recently. It was in pretty rough shape before that.

[@marzsit9833]

it was in rough shape because in the early days of the museum, they had to store it outdoors on boeing field with no electricity so no interior heat or dehumidification in the cold rainy pacific northwest... i drove past it often when it was parked, it's engines removed and the plane surrounded by a fence. it sat there for years with minimal maintenance so the interior probably turned into a giant fungus factory which made the restoration much more difficult.

[@slartybarfastb3648]

Great walk through. I'm kinda exhausted just watching.

[@welshparamedic]

The human powered 'gossamer Albatross' won the competition to cross the English Channel using human power only. The flying conditions to allow this impressive feat necessitated, the English channel (that stretch of water between mainland UK and France) being in a total flat calm with zero wind or as near zero as could be expected. Anyone who knows the English Channel (I'm a Brit) will know just how few and far between days like that are!

[@davidoickle1778]

When I was just a lad of about 14 I was hired for a job as "helper" in rebuilding a Casavant Pipe Organ at St. James Anglican Church in Mahone Bay Nova Scotia. The restorer was hired from a firm in the U.K. and he needed a helper who was small in stature. Being a skinny kid and maybe a bit small for my age, I got the job. I spent weeks crawling around inside the organ carrying out the tasks I was asked to do by the restorer. So many pipes. We replaced many actuators and leathers inside the organ which had dried out and cracked over the years. The restorer took many many house "voicing" the many pipes. It was quite an eye opening experience for a young lad such as myself. Very interesting, and tight quarters inside that organ.

[@alanbrooke-feather7567]

very interesting and informative. I shall be visiting the US next year including Seattle. This place is a must for me to visit. looking forward !! Alan, UK

[@packingten]

Go to Wright Patterson Air Force base in Dayton Ohio not positive but it may be bigger it takes @ LEAST 2 days to go thru, We went a whole day& never saw half,HUGE!!.

[@gingerbread6614]

Thank for such a great museum video. My husband loved it & watched every bit of it.

[@vincentoregan500]

Excellent Museum. Very Helpful & knowledgeable staff

[@hotbella1993]

G’day mate See those Boeing aircraft brought back some memories for me we flew out to Australia on a BOAC 707 then in the 70’s back to London in one of Qantas‘s first 747’s plus I manage to sit in the cockpit from Athens to London on that flight, then in 91 on our first holiday to the US we flew from Dallas to Orlando in a continental 727 and then on our latest holiday to the states we flew on a united 787 from Melbourne to Los Angeles like one former B-29 pilot once said it’s not a Boeing aircraft he’s not flying.

[@mikedillon7268]

Thank you very much for taking the time to do this fantastic video!!!!

[@margaretragle1337]

Great tour

[@allengilby3054]

Very cool walkthrough

[@sergeantwilliams4911]

Excellent video! I enjoyed every minute. Thank you

[@sonanaka2296]

Thank you for introduce I looking for old airplane for return to history after been visit at Smithsonians that good plan for next trip on vacation.Your speek easy to under stand.

[@denni98]

Love it. That Concord Plane was sure tight

[@dewboy13]

Also the Renton facility manufactures 737's!

[@brianolson6366]

I'd rather watch your museum walkthroughs than any professional tv show about it, thanks.

[@eds1994fatboy]

Great job...very interesting....I feel as if I was there.All we have by me in Indiana is the old Grissom Air Force Base with a hand ful of planes and exibits…...Thanks sir....now I am subbed

[@egamez1]

I love the weather in the Seattle area. I'm sick and tired of all the sunshine we have here in southern California.

[@markfrench8892]

Tired of the sunshine then move to Northern California. Usually rains most of the winter season when we're not having a drought. Even floods regularly.

[@chrismoody1342]

Thank you for the excellent post. I’d spend a days wage to get in there. It has to be one of the best museums I’ve ever seen. I don’t know what you do for a living but you would be an excellent tour guide in your retirement, you were very knowledgeable. Just one gripe from a Wichitan, hardly a mention of Stearman or Boeing Wichita. Boeing wouldn’t be what it is today without Wichita. Worthy of note the Airforce One airframe was assembled in Everett, but final interior finish done in Wichita. Oh and one other worthy note, the Dreamlifter a few years ago landed at a small municipal jet port, short of Boeing Wichita. Missed by about seven miles. Raised quite a stink, they weren’t sure it could take off and get it out of there. Boeing sent in a special crew to execute an extremely short take off (6100’ of runway). But they pulled it off with room to spare. Lol 🇺🇸

[@jamesedmister9922]

Just went through in Jan 2020. Enjoyed it!

[@VIDEOSFRANCISCOMONCADA]

Nice walk! Thank you

[@adamlavalleur3389]

I love this museum I grew up here as in I have gone at least once a year accept this year so yeah

[@forbandkind09]

You are stepping on my footprints bro! I was there once.

[@shoe2241]

very detailed tour. good job!!!

[@stevegps]

Very nice video. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.

[@frederickwhite6416]

The crew rest are, right behind the cockpit and 1 at the end of the coach. No 24s 25s, 26s, Hell Cats, Catalinas, 262s, Hurricanes, Kates, Vals?

[@patb686]

Thank you! Awesome videos all the times

[@yamahonkawazuki]

youre one of a few people i can like a video before im a minute into it.

[@pamelafayesmith1130]

Thankyou for an excellent video

[@shirleylieb9345]

Amazing and I learned alot

[@1949ala]

In 1955 I flew to Manila on the super constellation , very long trip

[@jimfinlaw4537]

Thankyou for sharing this video. I've never been to the Museum of Flight before and its interesting they are not part of the Boeing Aircraft Company, but a separate non-profit organization. They certainly have lots of interesting aircraft and artifacts there. Shame they don't have their B-17F Flying Fortress and their B-29 Superfortress in a climate controlled building along with all the other aircraft under that huge canopy structure. Even thought the planes have a roof overhead those planes are still being exposed to the elements with no walls to keep the wind and moisture outside. Another thing I found is misleading is them saying the Fiesler FI-103 (V-1 Buzz Bomb) is the worlds first cruise missile, which is incorrect. The world's first cruise missile was actually the Kettering Bug from WWI. Even though these never saw action during WWI, the Americans were getting ready to deploy them by wars end in 1918. My father was in the USAAF during WWII and he was an instructor pilot in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, Consolidated B-24 Liberators, and Martin B-26 Marauders when he was stationed at MacDill Field in Tampa, Florida in 1944. He later became a B-29 Superfortress pilot in June 1945. He flew a couple B-29 Superfortresses to a mod center somewhere there at Boeing Field so Boeing could modify them for combat duty. He absolutely loved flying the B-29 Superfortress. When the war ended, he transferred to the US Army Air Force Reserves. After the war he flew over the pond to England several times and flew B-17's, B-24's and Martin B-26 Marauders back to the United States where they were placed in storage awaiting their fate. He continued flying the Superfortress until 1956, when he transitioned to flying the Boeing B-52B Stratofortress as a co-pilot. He retired from the Reserves in 1957.

[@jonbradley4789]

Our intrepid tour guide has a voice that reminds me of the wonderfully thoughtful Jamie Hyneman of M5 indoustries.

[@servicarrider]

This horrid voice is like fingernails on a chalk board.

[@jonbradley4789]

@@servicarrider Then just direct your energies elswhere. When you have a channel of your own, with the hours of production involved, then your opinion will matter. Until then, your opinion that is abrasive is just hurtful blather. No one asked you for your opinion anyway.

[@servicarrider]

@@jonbradley4789 FU, moron. You try to make yourself sound as if your opinion matters. I can assure you, it does not.

[@jonbradley4789]

I am sorry that I have offended you somehow. And, you are correct, my opinion matters not. I just have a different perception.

[@jonbradley4789]

I do not like the voice of Elmo. His shrillness grates on my very being. I remember that there was a radio contest at the mall of America about 17 years ago where a listener won the chance to shoot the tickle me Elmo dancing toy with an automatic rifle. It was awesome! The point I am trying to make is that this channel is the work of one person sharing a passion for many things. This is not required viewing. You can always change the channel or not watch it. If you do not like it, at least be kind about it. No one ever, like anywhere, forced you to watch this. Make your own channel, do your own thing. I think you can. Just go for it. Trust me it is not easy.

[@ญัติผิวขาว]

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[@rusty383]

Wow what a under taking to move the entire building.

[@rusty383]

I wonder if they were RC models first . Then Full size version

[@rusty383]

I guess after the Write Brothers Patented the Control Surfaces it was no holds bared . Aircraft builders are Designers came out the woodwork.

[@kimmckay3089]

Enjoyed your video

[@faainspector9699]

Typical Seattle weather...........linger a little longer when around the A-6's next time..........my favorite aircraft ever..

[@danmathers141]

Since these planes are stored inside I wonder how many of them could be restored for flight

[@jukkatakamaa7274]

Thanks !

[@naharih96]

The p51 is awesome

[@a10warthog64]

I remember going here a lot

[@massmike11]

That caproni is original and bas never been restored only preserved as found

[@JackW106]

Just like being there. Your comment on the weather you should come to England at this time

[@granvillemurray1652]

What exactly do you do for a living? I have enjoyed your adventures on the railroads , but wondered why you were making these trips. Thanks for the adventures, I love trains.

[@youtuuba]

Granville Murray, I am a senior electrical/electronics engineer (nearly ready to retire), who also owns and runs an on-site music recording service, a pipe organ repair service, and I am also a semi-professional musician. In my spare time I am a curator for the Heritage Military Music Foundation Collection of Civil War Musical Instruments, and regional Captain for The Wheelmen antique bicycle organization. At one time I also was a college professor (technology, math, and physical sciences). I also formerly ran a small music publishing company that specialized in music for neglected instruments, and I did many hundreds of special musical arrangements for school music programs.

[@titiparisien5915]

@@youtuuba Bravo for your Aviation museum video tours. You guys in America have treasures. Now waiting for your videos of the Johnson Space Center and Kennedy Space Center video tours. Thanks. And by the way you are welcome in Paris for a free guided visit of the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace in Le Bourget!

[@davidoickle1778]

Thank yo u for the personal information. Very interesting.k

[@devingraves8044]

Boeing does not own this Museum! It is privately owned and operated. It does have a lot of connections to Boeing simply because of it's location and its proximity to Boeing factories etc...

[@yamahonkawazuki]

that connie i love it.

[@stevenwilliams9720]

a lot of the landing gear were canabalized, including the Conny's landing gear, since Lockheed was bought by Boeing the Conny was added to the collection

[@stevenwilliams9720]

yeah, it was purchased by Martin/marrieta, then martin was bought by boeing, so yes Lockheed was brought into boeing

[@yamahonkawazuki]

i know it MIGHT be considered a spoiler alert but a friend of mine was killed in a traffic accident near your destination, and my plans are to visit all of these things. including boeing field so i can watch your video and have at least some idea of what to expect

[@youtuuba]

yamehaonkawazuki, it MIGHT be a spoiler, except your comment made so little sense that nobody can get anything meaningful out of it. You really should think about what you thought(s) you intend to relate, and then write that carefully, and proofread, before hitting the SEND button.

[@stevenwilliams9720]

did Boeing Renton shut down?

[@tomclark6271]

No, certainly not, although I can understand where one might get that impression based on this uninformed drive-by. He should stick with trains.

[@FlyMIfYouGotM]

For me the most amazing part of all of this is to realize that in just under 66 years this country and for that matter, the world, went from two guys in a bicycle shop taking an 800'+ hop in a stick and cloth contraption that barely flew in ground effect, to putting two men on the moon. It's hard to imagine that all that progress and change came well within a single lifetime. Growing up in the 1960's, I really hoped we would have seen a manned mission to Mars by now. With each passing year I guess I share some of Elon Musk's impatience to hurry up and get there so we can see what's over the next hill!

[@jgvtc559]

Von brauns headstone

[@DirtFlyer]

It's amazing the technological innovations that the fear of losing a war by nuclear armed ICBMs will do to encourage advances in aviation and space.

[@FlyMIfYouGotM]

@@DirtFlyer Unfortunately, war and ultimately survival, has always been a major driving force in some of the greatest technological leaps.

[@No_comment.35]

I WAS JUST THERE 4 DAYS AGO ;;

[@youtuuba]

Orchard the sanding, I'll alert the media.

[@michaelmckinnon7314]

I never trusted North Star, formerly known as Polaris (GPS) because of inaccuracies with it.

[@pauljohansson288]

FIFI is not a B17 but a B29.

[@vgrof2315]

Hey! I've flown an F-8 Crusader. There's nothing "blah" about an F-8!

[@WJSpies]

Sorry.. gotta say.. the Air Force KC-135 was not designed or designated as a cargo aircraft although related to cargo planes. It was an in flight refueling model & design. It had room for cargo & was conversable to a passenger bay type aircraft, but rarely used used as a cargo plane & only as a passenger utility plane, as an in flight adjunct to it's primary refueling mission. During refueling operations it had ample cargo bay space but it was kept 100% empty typically. Fuel tanks for refueling were in the lower parts of the fuselage; with large empty cargo bay above that. The tail refueling boom operators had a very good sized refueling station, later computerized, to "fly" the boom into the receiving aircraft; typical of the AF way of refueling. (the Navy method quite different because of the Navy's aircraft carrier based mission requirement - smaller aircraft used for refueling with simpler droge design fueling nozzles.) USAF tankers had the capacity to service Navy aircraft and did fairly often, but not the other way around. AF typical refueling receptacles were not compatible with Navy design, though some earlier 1950's AF equipment were designed with the Navy type probe receiver nozzles.

[@robertheinkel6225]

I hate to disagree, but you are wrong on many of your statements. First off the 135 is and always was a cargo plane. We had special rollers installed that allowed palletized cargo to be easily loaded and secured. After the Cold War ended, it did a lot more cargo hauling, because it could do it very efficiently. Second off, the boom operators station was never computerized. The boom was hand flown anytime the boom was used. For Navy aircraft, the drogue was installed, but the boomer still had to fly the boom into position, and then the pilots would have to fly into the basket. The Navy preferred the drive system, because their aircraft were smaller, and used less fuel, so the reduced fuel flow was not an issue. The Navy tankers did not have a boom operator, so the drogue, simplified the operation. The only automated parts of the boom, were the indicating lights that showed where the pilots are supposed to be. Also the boom would automatically retract, and raise up, if the receiver got too close. Third, all the fuel on the tanker could be transferred to a receiver aircraft. Of course, if they did that, the tanker was doomed. The body tanks and center wing tanks were the largest tanks, but the wing tanks were plumbed to drain their fuel into the body tanks to be pumped to a receiver. The tanker was equipped with a large cargo door to facilitate cargo handling. For routine flights, where our only mission was to refuel another aircraft, we would never carry cargo, because we are taking off and landing from the same base. Anytime the aircraft was scheduled to fly overseas, we always were stuffed full of cargo and passengers. On many flights, we refueled other aircraft in route. Our tankers were frequently at max weight at takeoff, for overseas flights. Just for your info, I was a crew chief on 63-8883 for many years, and have 17 years of experience on the tanker.

[@stitch-xx2oo]

Nice trip to the museum did it cost a whole lot to get in?

[@youtuuba]

I answer this question in the video, right when I first enter the building.

[@lindapeterson3613]

The museum is not part of Boeing. It is an independent museum.

[@youtuuba]

Linda Peterson, lots of other viewers have already left comments saying the same thing.

[@JackW106]

I liked the 1.5mb hard disk

[@a10warthog64]

Hello this is my state Washington state

[@yamahonkawazuki]

was going to ask you what a docent was. but nvm figured it out :) lol

[@brucehaskin1769]

This is not the Boeing Aircraft Co Museum! Boeing is NOT the owner! ! It is just the “ Museum of Flight “ ! !

[@youtuuba]

Bruce Haskin, the airport the museum is on is, or was, Boeing Field, and for a long time there were many references to this museum that included the word Boeing. They may have been right or wrong, I don't know. But there is no need for !!! type corrections.....calm ones will do just fine.

[@jtuttle11]

Interesting that a 'Lockheed Constellation' is the First plane you see at the 'Boeing' museum.

Tex Johnson barrel rolled a 707 in a demonstration for Boeing executives.

[@youtuuba]

fifty years, you are correct that Tex Johnston (NOT Johnson) barrel rolled a large jet, but it was the Dash-80 (NOT a 707). And he did not do it for Boeing executives; he did it to impress all the airline executives who were attending the water show that he flow over, to "sell planes" as he explained to the Boeing leadership. About the only thing you got right was that he barrel rolled something.

[@michaeldisher521]

The Museum of Flight is not Boeing owned

[@richardc7721]

How bout cutting the travel to, and other things not needed. Everyone has navigation in their phones.

[@youtuuba]

Richard C, how 'bout writing an intelligent comment. I have to guess what your points actually are. How 'bout quitting the bitching. You sit there, a non-contributing person, watching content created at the cost of time, resources, money and effort, and all you come up with is a belch of rude semi-intelligible text, you could not even put any effort to communicate in a literate, polite manner. Then you throw out an unrelated comment about navigation on cell phones. You have no idea why I decided to not use my phone's nav function, you just fart out an uninformed comment. Comments such as yours are why KZbin is becoming a cesspool of rudeness and misinformation.

[@wildone1584]

Dont ya just love kids on a day out with mom n dad,,,,,,,

[@scotts7517]

While I encourage kids to go to museums, Sometimes I wish they wouldn't. They just don't know how to act or contain themselves.

[@flakeyjake3339]

The Museum of Flight is not now nor has it ever been owned by Boeing. It has been independent from its very creation.

[@youtuuba]

I think you are right, but as the name Boeing has often been associated with the museum, rightly or wrongly, the association is hard to avoid.

[@packingten]

Yes we all know about every other comment has stated that...

[@larrysorenson2668]

It is not Boeing Field, It had been King Co. Airport for decades now. You have previously been informed that Boeing does not own the MOF. LOL, for someone who is so particular about factual presentations (comments about docents), you should be better informed yourself!

[@packingten]

Anyone else remember when your children didn't yell&scream and were not allowed to act like renegades?,Yes I know I'm "Old fashioned"...

[@bitukukuasukgremany3]

"Really small windows and low ceiling" 2.02" Not one good word or anything about the Fastest Passenger Jet ever what a crime to go all that way and only say two bad words. Concorde I can safely say is why half of the people watch your videos to see them on display..