Boeing: James S. McDonnell Prologue Room
Introduction
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Within the Boeing company building next to the airport, visitors can tour the James S. McDonnell Prologue Room. The exhibits in this room are drawn from corporate archives and offer a century of flight history. The room includes small replicas of various aircraft from the first "wood and cloth airplanes" to the high tech jets of today. Also included are exhibits such as the evolution of aviation technology.
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Boeing. B-1 mail plane first Boeing designed commercial aircraft courtesy of seattlepi.com
Air and Space History Exhibit at the Prologue Room
Aerospace History on Exhibit at the James S. McDonnell Prologue Room
Backstory and Context
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The museum offers exhibits related to the company's history and the early years of aviation in a panoramic story that includes scale models, photographs, and touchscreen kiosks. There are even replicas of Mercury and Gemini capsules and Air Force One.