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 😛