A seven-course dinner in Seattle will trace airline dining from the first passenger flights in 1919 to the final Concorde service in 2003. Bill Oakley’s event is scheduled for Nov. 14 in the Great Gallery at the Museum of Flight. Presented by Alaska Airlines and sponsored by Stumptown Coffee, the dinner draws on vintage airline menus, according to Oakley’s event announcement.
A menu tracing airline dining
The planned menu ranges from tea sandwiches inspired by a 1919 Handley Page Transport offering to a dessert modeled on one served aboard British Airways’ final Concorde flight on Oct. 24, 2003. It also includes a caviar course based on an Alaska Airlines menu from 1971 and ends with buttermilk panna cotta with berries, according to The Seattle Times and The Points Guy. Oakley’s announcement confirms lobster and caviar are among the planned dishes.
A return to the Museum of Flight
Oakley will host the evening with a slideshow and commentary on airline-food history, according to his announcement. The event follows two Portland dinners held in February; The Points Guy described the earlier event as a seven-course history of airline meals, with Oakley introducing courses and explaining their aviation connections. The Seattle event is reported sold out by The Seattle Times.
The museum’s first permanent home
The Museum of Flight’s history is also tied to Boeing: according to The Museum of Flight, the Red Barn, described as the birthplace of The Boeing Company, was moved by river barge from its original location on the Duwamish River and restored in 1983 as the museum’s first permanent location.
