I was flying through the Seattle-Tacoma airport, and I run into an unusually interesting airport shop. And maybe not just interesting, possibly the best ever airport shop that I have ever seen, anywhere. At least for plane enthusiasts!
The PLANEWEAR shop sells airplane memorabilia, like Pan Am clothing, aluminium strips from dismantled, historic airplanes, luggage tags, various "remove before flight" and "crew" tags, etc. Very nice! Much recommended!
Their website is here.
The Seattle-Tacoma airport is also otherwise an interesting visit. Because of the views of Mt. Rainier you can get from that incredible bridge over the taxiway, and the general cleanliness and design. Almost like you were in Canada or Europe, not in US :-) Not the standard US airport design for sure.
However, also a word of warning. For some reason this airport does not appear to have any of the immigration automation that has made the US immigration process generally very smooth, a few minute deal from what it used to be -- an hour or multi-hour wait in lines. However, apparently you can get the old experience still at SeaTac :-)
I also visited the Alaska Air lounge at the airport. I had not realized Alaska was part of OneWorld, but they are, great! The lounge was quite nice, not huge but definitely a good place to have breakfast.
Shop:
Airport:
Lounge:
Also, what an earth are these raft safety notices doing on Alaskan planes?? I thought there should be a plane safety notice...
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