The USAF museum is a must stop..... make a appointment (ahead of your visit) to do the restoration area... requires a bus ride across the base.... No Photos dur'n the ride. Evergreen Museum south of Portland, Oregon.... excellent... home of the Spruce Goose. Has a 747 parked on the roof. The Seattle area has many aviation spots.
I flew in a Dc-3, while in Africa.... Ethiopia Air lines...look'n out the windows at mountain walls... " say, shouldn't we be above these..? " also a hour in a B-25..... sat in the trail gunners seat.... the thought of sheet aluminum between me and a Me-109 …not comforting. Also a hour in a trimotor Ford. Did my first whirly bird (crop duster by day) last summer... did NOT care for the " nap of the earth " portion. Not a fan of helo's….. I got a couple of photos, a Chinook that crashed at Yakima training center, Washington state.