Lockheed Model 10-E Electra

Here’s another image of the Lockheed 10-E Electra at the Museum of Flight.   I’m a huge fan of the design of this aircraft.

Aircraft

Lockheed Model 10-E Electra Redux

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Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, Museum of Flight

This Lockheed 10-E Electra was my favorite aircraft at the Museum of Flight. Its gleaming metal radiates the glamor of the early days of aviation. The pilots from that era were larger-than-life heroes who were constantly achieving new firsts. Aviation has tremendously matured from those early days. Twenty years after the 10-E was the jet age where the jet-setting passengers became glamorous. Today, air travel is safe, cheap and mundane but no modern airplane is as beautiful as an Electra. Today’s king of skies of is the A380 which may be a technological marvel but looks ugly and ungainly.

Aircraft

Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, Museum of Flight

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Seattle Skyline

On our way back to the airport from the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, we made a quick stop at Kerry Park to see the Seattle skyline. Kerry Park has a fantastic view of the Space Needle and rest of the downtown skyline.

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Seattle Skyline

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Manhattan Bridge

The Manhattan Bridge lives in both the literal and figurative shadow of the it’s more famous brother, the Brooklyn Bridge.   The Manhattan bridge is just to the east of the Brooklyn Bridge and both make the crossing between Brooklyn and Manhattan.

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Manhattan Bridge

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Illuminated Building Roofline, Manhattan

I spotted this illuminated roof line while walking to Penn Station one evening after dinner.

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On the Way to Penn Station

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Late Afternoon Light on Brick Building in Brooklyn Heights

Only a month out from the winter solstice, the sun especially at more northern latitudes radiates narrow but very warm colored light as it sets.  Here it illuminates historic buildings in Brooklyn Heights.

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Winter Light on Brick Buidlings

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Fire Escape on a Brick Building in Brooklyn Hieghts

A fire escape on a historic building in Brooklyn Heights

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Fire Escape in Brooklyn

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Building In Brooklyn Heights

 

The fading sun illuminates a building in Brooklyn Heights

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Brooklyn Heights, Late Afternoon

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5th Avenue

5th Avenue in Manhattan is the center of the consumer commercial culture.  All the famous high-end American brands have their flagship stores on 5th Avenue.  In the foreground on the right is the roofline of Bergdorf Goodmans.  The building behind is the Crown Building which is a beautiful piece of 1920’s architecture and especially striking when lit up at night.

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Evening on 5th Avenue

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