I made a visit to Seattle in the USA on March 20th 2005, for 5 days with work. Seven of us from Airbus UK in Filton, Bristol flew from Heathrow to Seattle, for the final design review, and to see the progress of the build of theA400M final wing assembly jig and CAWDE drilling machine at Electro Impact in Mukilteo, North Seattle. We flew direct from London Heathrow with British Airways to Seattle-Tacoma Airport (Sea-Tac), we stayed at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lynnwood North Seattle for 4 nights, and flew back from Seattle on Thursday 24th March 2005, and arrived on Good Friday. Unfortunately I was unable to take many pictures, due to being mainly occupied by work during the day, and by a variety of bars in the evenings. Hopefully I will get more of a chance to do some sightseeing the next time that I visit; hopefully in May or August.

The view from my hotel room at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lynnwood, North Seattle

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My hotel room

The hotels Atrium

Just balconies

Electro Impact (HBAF)

Seattle, Washington, USA

The whole reason for our trip to Seattle, was to visit one of our key machine and tooling suppliers. We spent all week at EI in Mukilteo, North Seattle, for a series of final design review meetings, and to see the progress of the A400M final assembly jig and the CAWDE drilling machine

Make a visit to EI at www.electroimpact.com

A View of the Seattle Skyline at night across the Bay from the Elliott Bay Marina

More Skyline, with the Seattle Spaceneedle

Dining with a seafood view

Inside the Palisade Restaurant at Elliott Bay Marina - Seattle

All of us were invited out to dinner by EI at the above restaurant on the Wednesday evening, to celebrate the successful review of the final jig & machine design, and to cement relations and new found friendships

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The two teams, AUK - Filton and EI - Seattle

Seattle Airport

All photographs were taken in Seattle - USA from the 20th to 24th March 2005.