Museum of Flight Free Night!

The first Thursday of every month the Museum of Flight has a free evening from 5pm - 9pm. (Otherwise the admission is $20 per adult!!) I figured since the lady I babysit for just recently had her third baby and doesn't need me to babysit this week, what better time to check out this very popular and highly recommended museum! We met Brent for an early dinner after work and then headed down to the museum.

The museum was amazing. So many airplanes! I realized very quickly that bringing a toddler to a museum is not the same experience I'm familiar with - no time to read the information about each display!

McDonnell F-4C Phantom II

I think Brent enjoyed the museum. The first section we entered had the history of aviation - all different planes ranging from the early Wright Brothers, mail carrier planes, bomber planes from the World Wars, up to modern day passenger planes. The museum also housed the fastest airplane in the world, technically the prototype for the fastest (fastest = SR-71); as only two were built and this is the sole surviving plane, the M-21 Blackbird.

Brock loved it too - he got to sit in a few airplane cockpits and run all around pointing at the big airplanes. He named all the colors and pointed out the two helicopters.

After exploring the Great Gallery, we crossed to the other side to explore the WWI and WWII planes. This was a pretty cool section because of all the history behind each of these planes. Brent spotted a P-38L Lightning that impressed him - he said he's never seen one before.

Brock liked this area because they had an entire wall section devoted to small airplane models.

Unfortunately we only made it to 7:30 until Brock decided he had enough - yet another day where "no nap Brock". (Due to transition of big boy bed) So..... we ended our visit a little short. That's okay, perhaps we'll be back next month - starting in April through October the free museum night will also include the Airpark - the outdoor section of the museum that showcases a Concorde, "Air Force One" from 1959, and a brand new Boeing 787!!