Museum of the United States Air Force 2010 Jan 08 JLoewe©2010 jlofoto.net
It was a cold, snowy day when we arrived It was a cold, snowy day when we arrived .... Which was good because no one else was there
The entrance to the WW2 Section
A6M Zero
Doolittle Exhibit
Spitfire
Mosquito
Mosquito
Mosquito
Mosquito
Spitfires & Mosquito
Spitfire, C-47
The view through the gunsite
B-17, C-47
B-26
B-26
D-Day, C47 & G-4 Glider
JU88
Me262
Catalina up close
Little Boy & Fat Man with Bocks Car
P-61 Black Widow
Baka
This is the start of the Restoration shop tour This is the start of the Restoration shop tour. The guides are calling us into small groups.
SAM26000 is in the paint booth
SAM26000 is in the paint booth
SAM26000 is in the paint booth
They’re doing a great job making sure the paint is historically correct.
The Swoose – B17D
Memphis Belle landing gear restoration
Schoolmarm Martha was our guide for the tour
The Swoose gets some new sheet metal
The Swoose tour list
Swoose interior
Douglas O-46 tail. This is the restoration work done by Purdue University engineering students
Douglas O-46 tail PU work. This will all be put back to original configuration.
Douglas O-46 cockpit.
Memphis Belle tail gun position
Memphis Belle - Some of the name carvings from the war bond tour
Memphis Belle tail gun position
Memphis Belle - ball turret interior
Memphis Belle & Strawberry Bitch ball turrets
Memphis Belle & Strawberry Bitch ball turrets – SB’s is upside down
Memphis Belle & Strawberry Bitch ball turrets – SB’s is upside down
Memphis Belle top turret
Memphis Belle top turret – Gun sight has not been installed yet
Memphis Belle Waist section
Memphis Belle Waist section – Tail gun position looking forward
Memphis Belle waist section – Starboard interior
Memphis Belle waist section – Forward looking aft
Memphis Belle forward section
Memphis Belle front section – Radio compartment – aft looking forward
Memphis Belle dash – not much left – cockpit hatches are below
Memphis Belle wing
Memphis Belle wing
Memphis Belle engine restoration
F-84
F-84
Pratt 3350
Bristol Centaurus
The XC-99 is now at the AF Museum – This is the horizontal stabilizer
The hot end of a MIG-25
Lockheed XF-90 – Or what’s left after sitting in the Nevada atomic test range for a bunch of years
Lockheed XF-90 – I always thought this was a cool looking airplane when I was a kid
The cold war section has a very ... well ... cold feel to it
F-105 100 mission display
Lockheed EC-121 - Early AWAC
The B-52 bomb bay doesn’t look very big when your standing in it
C-124
B-36
KC-97
B-50
B-2