Boeing Donates Land to Museum of Flight.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1999-- The Boeing Company has donated approximately six acres of land on East Marginal Way South to the Museum of Flight for its future expansion needs. The donated property is located slightly northwest of the Museum's Great Gallery and Red Barn The Red Barn was a fast-food restaurant chain founded in the early-1960s in Dayton, Ohio by Harry Barmier. Red Barn restaurants were in the shape of barns with a glass front and limited seating. (the original Boeing factory building). Boeing has also made land available to facilitate expansion north of the current Museum complex. All of the land involved in the gift is in the city of Tukwila. The Boeing Company has not placed a value on the donation. "The Museum of Flight has shown a true appreciation of the heritage of the aerospace industry, especially in its enviable collection of airplanes," said John W. Warner, Boeing senior vice president and chief administrative officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive . "This donation of property will make it possible for the Museum to expand in the future." The Boeing Company gift is particularly timely given the Museum of Flight's vision to become, by 2003 -- the one hundredth anniversary of powered flight -- the foremost, independent, educational air and space museum in the world. The Museum of Flight's collection has grown tremendously since the Great Gallery was opened in 1987. Such historically significant aircraft as the first 747, 737, and 727, the first jet Air Force One, the only surviving deHavilland Comet in the Americas, a rare Douglas DC-2, the oldest flying Boeing airliner -- the 247D, a versatile Russian Antonov An-2, the first Lockheed Jetstar business jet, and the Vickers Viscount The Viscount was a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrong, making it the first such aircraft to enter service in the world. It would go on to be one of the most successful of the first-generation post-war transports, with 445 being built. , first turbine aircraft to operate in revenue passenger service, make the Museum of Flight's commercial transport collection one of the finest in the world. "With the Museum of Flight already fully occupying its site on Boeing Field Boeing Field, officially King County International Airport (IATA: BFI, ICAO: KBFI) is a two-runway airport owned and run by King County, Washington. , expansion has been out of the question until now," said Ralph Bufano, executive director of the Museum. "This generous gift by The Boeing Company will make it possible for the Museum's Board to plan for significant future growth." In addition to its large collection of artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. , the Museum has a rapidly growing educational program. More than 68,000 schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school were served last year by the Museum's programs and close to half a million visitors of all ages annually take advantage of opportunities for lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. . This commitment to education is funded in part by a biennial biennial, plant requiring two years to complete its life cycle, as distinguished from an annual or a perennial. In the first year a biennial usually produces a rosette of leaves (e.g., the cabbage) and a fleshy root, which acts as a food reserve over the winter. auction, which two months ago raised a record-breaking $2 million. The Museum's extensive Library and Archives have also grown, making them a resource of national importance for aerospace scholars. The Museum of Flight is an independent non-profit 501(c)3 organization operated by Museum of Flight Foundation. |
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