Museum of the United States Air Force 2010 Jan 08 JLoewe©2010 jlofoto.net
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
Spitfires & Mosquito
Spitfire, C-47
The view through the gunsite
B-17, C-47
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. The guides are calling us into small groups.
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 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 engine restoration
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 mission display
Lockheed EC 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