Here comes the prop: Gary Carmichael, Mitch Herrick, Kent McCormack, and Roland Klix

Kent and Tom Torchia doing the Weight & Balance

Kent, with some more of Seattle’s Finest

Tom puts on the “N” number

Tom and Peter Orton make some electrical checks on the distributors

Andrew May, summer Intern to the FAA from Aviation High School, with Guy Shinkaruk and Mike Harder of the FAA

Tom and Guy doing the inspection

The Night Owls, finishing up the last bits, the night before the Christening/Rollout

The Night Owls, finishing up the last bits, the night before the Christening/Rollout

Diane takes Bob Brooke’s model to the Museum exhibit

Rick White with custom flag for the evening reception and world flight

Mike Pulaski, Tom, and Rob Dinkelkamp fit up the engine cowling

Tom and Bob crank up Mitch’s moving dolly

Mitch and Mike  move the plane out towards the flight line

Evan Elliot guides World Cruiser into the Museum of Flight’s ramp

Doug Graham pipes in the World Cruiser’s entry with “Scotland the Brave.”

Diane introduces the World Cruiser project as Seattle II arrives

Ken Workman, great-great-great-great grandson of Chief Seattle, gives a Duwamish blessing, and bestows Seattle II with the name,  “Thunder Canoe.”

Bob expresses his appreciation to Ken and the Duwamish Tribe; King County Deputy Executive Fred Jarrett with Diane and Bob; Seattle II’s tail

Bob pours Lake Washington water into christening bottle; Seattle II at Museum of Flight christening arena

Louise Jones-Brown descendant of the Maple family, early pioneer settlers of the property that is now Boeing Field

Seattle II and the engine start!

90 years of aviation progress: Boeing 787 and the World Cruiser