Explore the history of flight from the Wright Brothers to space travel. Collections at Museum of Flight include commercial, military and civilian crafts. See a 1929 Boeing 80A-1, the sole survivor of its type. The 1926 Swallow was used as the nation's first contracted airmail service starting in April 1926. For those interested in more modern aircraft, there are the dynamic M-21 Blackbird, the fastest and highest-flying aircraft ever built, and the VC-137B Air Force One, which flew President Dwight D. Eisenhower on a historic visit to meet with Germany's Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in 1959. Take a walk through the “Red Barn,” a museum in its own right, where the Boeing Company manufactured its first aircraft. There is also a library with an extensive selection of aviation information, as well as a museum store and a cafe on the premises.
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The Bellevue Library is situated in the heart of the city and is a great place to get in some quality study time or just a bit of reading. The library has a large collection of books, both educational and recreational, magazines, newspapers, DVDs, audiobooks, e-books, and other electronic media as well as access to computers, printers, fax machines, and free Wi-Fi. The library is spacious and the facilities are well maintained and always in good working condition. A combination of excellent facilities and friendly and helpful staff make this library popular with the locals.
