ARLINGTON – The Seattle World Cruiser Project has recently moved to the Arlington Municipal Airport.
The Seattle II is a full-scale, flying reproduction of the first aircraft to circumnavigate the globe-the 1924 Douglas World Cruiser.
The Seattle World Cruiser Association is a nonprofit that provides local history programs and artifacts that focus on aviation and related technologies in the Northwest.
The association’s Executive Director, Bob Dempster, said that Arlington is “a perfect choice for continuing our project. It’s a great, friendly field and pilot community.”
The project will involve flight tests at Arlington and Renton, and finally reenacting the flight around the world with the final destination at Boeing Field. Details on the project can be found at www.seattleworldcruiser.org.
Other airport news was released in its recent newsletter:
• Ghafoor Siddique is the owner and chief mechanic/inspector of the nonprofit Cascadia Aviation, which started in fall of 2014. He is also an instructor at Sno-Isle, teaching Aerospace Manufacturing Technology.
He and 50 students drive to Arlington airport to work on airplanes after a morning at Sno-Isle in Everett. This allows students to experience aircraft maintenance using skills they learned in the classroom. When candidates complete a 30-month internship, they are eligible for a Federal Aviation Certificate.
• New experiences have been added to The 2015 Arlington Fly-In July 9-11. Put yourself in the cockpit and soar above the clouds in a P-51C Mustang exhibit. The exhibit highlights the courage of the Tuskegee Airmen. You can also travel back to World War II at Camp Adams and take a ride in a M3 Stuart or M18 Hellcat Tank, drive a historic Jeep, fire a rifle grenade on an M1 Garrand and have a hands-on tour of a Weapons Museum.
• During the Oso memorial service Sunday, March 22, during the morning there will be a no-fly zone around that area.
• The airport restaurant will reopen just in time for summer.
• Airport maintenance worker Randy Wilverding recently retired. He worked in the water, sewer and airport departments during 35 years of service.
• Lorene Parker is the new airport management intern. She is a recent graduate from Central Washington University.
