Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour

Coordinates: 47°55′30″N 122°16′19″W / 47.925°N 122.272°W / 47.925; -122.272

The logo for The Future of Flight Aviation Center

Gallery

The Future of Flight Aviation Center is an aviation museum and education center located at the northwest corner of Paine Field in Mukilteo, Washington. It is the starting point for the Boeing Tour, a tour of a portion of Boeing's Everett, Washington production facility in which the models 747, 767, 777 and 787 are built. It is also home of the Future of Flight Foundation, a nonprofit organization that owns the museum's collection and engages in worldwide education outreach.^[1]^[2]

The museum includes a 28,000-square-foot (2,600 m²) gallery containing static and interactive exhibits and displays as well as a 240-seat theater, café and shops.^[1]

Future of Flight Aviation Center

Origins

The Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour is the result of a partnership between The Boeing Company, Future of Flight Foundation, Snohomish County Public Facilities District and Snohomish County Airport. The $23-million dollar project debuted in December 2005 with the opening of the museum. The Future of Flight Foundation is a 501-3(c) nonprofit organization. The Foundation operates the Center and owns the Center's collection. The Foundation's mission is "to educate, entertain and engage our global community to inspire innovation."

Exhibits

Exhibits at the Future of Flight Aviation Center include:

A comparison between the Boeing 707 fuselage and the Boeing 787 fuselage.
Videos, presentations, and mock-ups illustrating the history of the passenger experience in Boeing aircraft from the 707 to the 787.
A genuine 727 cockpit in which visitors can sit and operate switches and controls.
Full-size GE90 777 engine and Rolls-Royce Trent 1,000 787 engine.
Various full-size airplanes suspended from the exhibit area ceiling.
Displays of jet aircraft components, including engines, landing gear, and sections of tail and fuselage from several manufacturers.
Innovator - a virtual ride to far-away places and experiences like Egypt, the Battle for Iwo Jima and an adrenalin-charged Grand Prix race (additional charge).
A learning area covering the inner workings of aircraft.
Videos and information about flight decks in a variety of Boeing aircraft.
Displays and videos on the history of jet airplanes and the airlines that have used them.
An area for visitors to design and print their own airplane image.
The How Planes are Made Family Zone.
A rooftop observation deck, with views of the Boeing factory, Paine Field, and parked aircraft outside.

Boeing Tour

The Boeing Tour covers the Boeing Everett Factory, where guests can view airplanes in all stages of construction and testing. The factory is the location for production of the Boeing 747, 767, 777, and 787. The tour also includes the main assembly building, which holds the record in Guinness World Records for the largest building in the world by volume. It is 472 million cu. ft (13.3 million m³) and covers 98.3 acres (398,000 m²).

The former Boeing Tour Center was located next to the factory and now is abandoned, after closing in December 2005 when the Future of Flight Aviation Center opened.

Retail Outlets

The Boeing Store is located at the front of the tour. It is a store that features items that relate to the Boeing Company. There is a separate Future of Flight store next to it, selling many more traditional Pacific Northwest gift shop items, including foodstuffs. The center also includes a small cafeteria across the lobby.

References

1 2 "Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour". p. 1. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
↑ "Future of Flight Foundation". Retrieved 2009-04-13.

External links

Official home web page of Future of Flight

Museums in the Puget Sound region

Art	911 Media Arts Center Bellevue Arts Museum Frye Art Museum Henry Art Gallery Monarch Contemporary Art Center and Sculpture Park Museum of Glass Museum of Northwest Art Olympic Sculpture Park Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art Seattle Art Museum Seattle Asian Art Museum Tacoma Art Museum Whatcom Museum of History and Art

Aviation	Flying Heritage Collection Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour Heritage Flight Museum McChord Air Museum Museum of Flight Olympic Flight Museum Port Townsend Aero Museum

Children's	Hands On Children's Museum KidsQuest Children's Museum Seattle Children's Museum

Culture	Nordic Heritage Museum Northwest African American Museum Suquamish Museum Quinault Museum Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience

History	DuPont Museum Eastside Heritage Center Edmonds Historical Museum Harbor History Museum History House of Greater Seattle Issaquah Historical Museums Karshner Museum Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Museum of History and Industry Renton History Museum Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum Seattle Underground Washington State History Museum

Maritime	Browns Point Light Center for Wooden Boats Coast Guard Museum Northwest Northwest Seaport Snagboat Heritage Center Working Waterfront Maritime Museum

Military	Coast Guard Museum Northwest Lewis Army Museum McChord Air Museum Naval Undersea Museum Puget Sound Navy Museum Washington National Guard Museum

Natural sciences	Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Museum and Arts Center, Sequim, Washington

Science and technology	America's Car Museum Bellingham Railway Museum EMP Museum Georgetown Steam Plant Living Computer Museum Museum of Communications Pacific Science Center SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention Vintage Motorcycle Museum

See also: List of museums in Washington and Museums and galleries of Seattle

Boeing

Companies	Boeing Aircraft Holding Company Boeing Australia Boeing Canada Boeing Capital Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Defense, Space & Security Boeing Defence UK Boeing Phantom Works Boeing Rotorcraft Systems HRL Laboratories Jeppesen McDonnell Douglas Narus Spectrolab United Launch Alliance

People	William M. Allen James A. Bell John H. Biggs William Boeing John Bryson Arthur D. Collins, Jr. Philip M. Condit William M. Daley Darleen Druyun Kenneth Duberstein Edgar Gott Philip G. Johnson John McDonnell James McNerney Susan Schwab Michael M. Sears Frank Shrontz Harry Stonecipher Malcolm T. Stamper Thornton Wilson Mike S. Zafirovski

Projects	BCT Modernization Boeing Black Boeing 7x7 series Boeing hydrofoils Boeing Jetfoils Connexion by Boeing Future Combat Systems

Facilities	Boeing Everett Factory Boeing Plant 1 Boeing Plant 2 Boeing Renton Factory Boeing South Carolina Boeing Store Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour Michoud Assembly Facility Plant 42

Other	Boeing Strike of 1948 Boeing Technical Fellowship Competition between Airbus and Boeing

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