Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour

The Future of Flight Aviation Center is an air museum in Mukilteo, Washington across from Paine Field. It is the starting point for the famous Boeing factory tour. In the tour, it features the world's largest building in volume. In the building, visitor will see the assembly lines of 747, 767, 777 and/or 787.

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 passeneger experience in Boeing aircraft from the 707 to the 787.
* An X-15 flight simulator (additional charge).
* Children's Play Area.
* A learning area covering the inner workings of aircraft.
* Videos and information about flight decks in a variety of Boeing aircraft.
* Manufacturing Zone
* Propulsion/Engines Zone
* Future Concepts Zone
* An area for visitors to design and print their own airplane.

Boeing Tour

The Boeing Tour covers the Boeing Everett Factory, where guests can view airplanes in all stages of construction and testing. The flight line 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 the "Guinness Book of World Records" for the largest building in the world by volume. It is 472,000,000 cubic feet and covers almost 100 acres.

Tours are given every day except holidays. No pictures or infants are allowed on the tours. Children must be 4 feet tall (122 cm) or taller to be on the tour because of safety reasons.

The former Boeing Tour Center was located next to the factory and now is abandoned. It has the signs and some signs tell to go to the old center to go on the tour. The Boeing Tour Center was closed in December 2005 when the Future of Flight opened.

Boeing Store

The Boeing Store is located at the front of the tour. It is a store that features items that relate to the Boeing Company.

References

External links

* [http://www.futureofflight.org/ Official home web page of Future of Flight]