Here comes the prop: Gary Carmichael, Mitch Herrick, Kent McCormack, and Roland Klix |
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Kent and Tom Torchia doing the Weight & Balance |
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Kent, with some more of Seattle’s Finest |
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Tom puts on the “N” number |
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Tom and Peter Orton make some electrical checks on the distributors |
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Andrew May, summer Intern to the FAA from Aviation High School, with Guy Shinkaruk and Mike Harder of the FAA |
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Tom and Guy doing the inspection |
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The Night Owls, finishing up the last bits, the night before the Christening/Rollout |
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The Night Owls, finishing up the last bits, the night before the Christening/Rollout |
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Diane takes Bob Brooke’s model to the Museum exhibit |
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Rick White with custom flag for the evening reception and world flight |
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Mike Pulaski, Tom, and Rob Dinkelkamp fit up the engine cowling |
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Tom and Bob crank up Mitch’s moving dolly |
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Mitch and Mike move the plane out towards the flight line |
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A view from inside the Model T, following SWC to the Museum of Flight |
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Evan Elliot guides World Cruiser into the Museum of Flight’s ramp |
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Doug Graham pipes in the World Cruiser’s entry with “Scotland the Brave.” |
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Diane introduces the World Cruiser project as Seattle II arrives |
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Ken Workman, great-great-great-great grandson of Chief Seattle, gives a Duwamish blessing, and bestows Seattle II with the name, “Thunder Canoe.” |
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Bob expresses his appreciation to Ken and the Duwamish Tribe; King County Deputy Executive Fred Jarrett with Diane and Bob; Seattle II’s tail |
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Bob pours Lake Washington water into christening bottle; Seattle II at Museum of Flight christening arena |
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Louise Jones-Brown descendant of the Maple family, early pioneer settlers of the property that is now Boeing Field |
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Seattle II and the engine start! |
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90 years of aviation progress: Boeing 787 and the World Cruiser |
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photos on this page are by Henry Geijsbeek and Bob Dempster |