BOEING 747-100 (N7470)

KBFI - This is where it all started for me...though several year earlier, This photo taken within 200yd or slightly to the left in the view - was where our house used to be...torn down for Interstate 5 construction pre June 1964(below out of view). I was old enough to watch the development of the Boeing 727 from this vantage point on our back porch looking the same direction. We could see 95% of the runway to the left, then blocked by trees. From the late 1950s till we move to California in June 1964 - I saw just about every type of jet built in the USA and used by the Military services. We did not see any super secret jets, though we did see 50s era Globe masters arriving at night and unloading tarped items or leaving after loading tarped items. All century Series jets, most airliners, B-17 and some B-29s, 1 B-58 Hustler...I'll never forget that take off...707s. KC-135s, B-47s, B-52s all propliners big and small and multiple aircraft emergencies with engines on fire ( usually Stratoliners, DC-6 or Convair 240s) diverted from SEA-TAC just over the hill top left of the photo with 30 Fire engines from all over south Seattle responding to every gate at BFI. The Boeing 727 was magnificent to watch as flight testing daily occurred here daily right up until we moved. I missed the 737 747 757/767 not being here but I'll never forget the early days at BFI, This photo taken apprx 1976 on my many trips back to Seattle to visit relatives,,,never complete without cruising BFI. and yes, I sure wish I had a camera back then, but that was a luxury item for us.