Celebration begins with new hat for painter
Tom Torchia. |
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| Looking Good, Tom--Wings at Boeing Field |
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Move crew celebrates at Randy's Restaurant and Bob's birthday. |
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Austin, Steve, Bob, Diane & Helen
(Tom's Mom) |
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| Tom starts marking out drift lines on horizontal and elevator. |
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| Final wing panels arrive at Boeing Field. Moving crew Andy Pulaski, Steve Crider, Mike Pulaski, Tom Torchia. |
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| Veteran Volunteer Hank Hendrickson’s 91st birthday, celebrated with original volunteer breakfast. |
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| Maxine Trevethen and her niece, Cheryl, visit Seattle for and update on the project. Maxine’s parents were at the 1924 conclusion of the world flight at Sand Point. |
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| Radiator is coming together, but is it big enough? |
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| World Cruiser fuselage visits Randy’s restaurant…for lunch? |
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| The final pieces arrive at Boeing Field: freshly painted fuselage and yellow ailerons. Crew Steve Crider with his Dad, Lee, and Painting Maestro, Tom Torchia. |
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| Rob Root discovers local vintage newspapers! |
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| Robert Setlow and family have shared this wonderful original watercolor with us. The amazing story of this painting is coming soon! |
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