Seattle

Museum of Flight. Boeing 80-A. 1929

Trimotor for 18 passengers. The interior was luxurious for the day : panels of Honduras mahogany, reading lights and lavatory. Only 11 models were built.

	Weight : 17,500 pounds.
	Cruising speed : 125 mph.
	Range : 460 miles.

Downtown Seattle seen form Pike Marketplace.

The Space Needle was designed for the Seattle World's Fair, which opened on April 21, 1962.

It is 605 ft tall (approximatively 1,320 MARS Milky Way Bars). There are 832 steps from the basement to the restaurant. The elevators descend at 10 mph or as fast as a raindrop or a parachutist.

It took 1,340 gallons to paint the Space Needle. The roof, which has been repeatedly lift by lightning, is equipped with 25 lightning rods for safety.

Today, the Needle attracts over 3,000 people a day.

Seattle's skyline seen from the top of the Needle.

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