Was in Seattle for two weeks. Made time for the Museum of Flight toward the end.
The place is massive and the collection is serious. But the section I kept coming back to was the World War exhibits. The sheer pace of aviation development compressed into six years is staggering - aircraft went from fabric biplanes to jet engines between 1939 and 1945 because the stakes demanded it. The P-51 Mustang up close, the Zero, the context around how each design decision was a response to something the other side did. It reads like an arms race in real time.
There’s something uncomfortable about how much innovation war produces. The museum doesn’t shy away from it.
Good museum. Would go back with more time.