Tuesday, January 31, 2012

PDX

The land of locally sourced organic airplanes...

After four years in the PNW, I finally made it to Portland, and quickly left. The reason:


Actually, a college friend was in McMinnville for work, and a mini RIT reunion (in Portland) was organized the night before. We congregated at a big book store, drank some coffee, ate at a food truck, stumbled into a farmer's market, drank some beer, and found a donut shop:



Went to the museum the next day, which contains the coolest water slide I've seen:


Hughes H-4 Hercules:


Leg room has always been crappy, so stop complaining.


Not a NACA airfoil


Not the real OV-101...


The Mercury 7, cropped as usual...


Capsule 10


P&W J58


Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird


McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II


P&W F100


Dear F-14, I miss you...



Oh, and Portland is a bit overrated :-P