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