Bellevue Airfield
A beloved general aviation airport that served the Eastside community from 1945 to 1983, where weekend pilots gathered for the joy of flying and stories of…
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✈️ Aviation and Transportation
Airfields, railways, and the routes that connected the West.
Bowerman Airport & Lana's Cafe
A Port of Grays Harbor airport on the Washington coast with a 5,000-foot runway, Bowerman Field began as a World War II military landing strip and was…
Clayton Beach
A hidden gem within Washington's first state park, Clayton Beach preserves the remnants of the "Trolley That Went to Sea" - an audacious 1912 interurban…
Fancher Field - First Trans-Pacific Landing Site
On October 5, 1931, pilots Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. made aviation history when they belly-landed "Miss Veedol" at Fancher Field after the first…
Museum of Flight
A boat shed from 1909 became Boeing's first factory. It came up the river on a barge in 1975, and the museum grew around it.
Pasayten Airstrip - Washington's Highest Runway
At 4,200 feet elevation deep in the North Cascades wilderness, this remote 3,200-foot dirt runway served as a USFS fire suppression and supply base from…
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Seattle's naval aviation hub served nearly 50 years (1920-1970), launching the first aerial circumnavigation of the world in 1924, training thousands during…
Winslow Ferry Terminal
The historic gateway to Bainbridge Island, serving as the primary connection to Seattle since 1951.
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