Check These Pictures Out, Airplane ****

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So, little story here.

My dad is a retired Boeing special projects engineer, after he retired he helped restore the museums B-17 and the Stratocruiser that went into the water off of Alki in Seattle, so they restored it again, and he is helping restore the B-29 they have.

He is a tour guide at the Seattle Museum of Flight with his spare time too.

So today he got permission to take me down to Plant 2, where the B-17 and B-29 were actualy made and we crawled all over them inside and out.

There are also some pictures of the Concorde, first 727, 737, 747 and Kennedy/Johnsons/Nixons Air Force One. The museum is also restoring a Lockheed Super Constellation, other pictures too.

Check em out

http://s572.photobucket.com/albums/ss161/rp23g7/MuseumofFlight/
 
Luv planes, cool pics, your fortunate to see those in person. Years ago I was working a job a mile or so away from dullas international, and watched a SST landing and takeing off, my god those sobs were LOUD!!!
 
Thanks for the pics! I've loved aircraft for years and worked in the aerospace industry for over 25 years.
Several years ago I had to give a presentation at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH, and made the opportunity to see the Wright Bros. shop and where they conducted a lot of their flight experiments. Also made time to visit the Air Force Museum on the base. Outstanding museum!!!
They have the plane there that carried JFK's body back from Dallas. Also have the B-25 that was specially modified to transport FDR in his wheelchair.
I'd urge anybody with an aviation interest to visit both the museum at Wright-Patterson and the Boeing museum in Seattle. I've been to Seattle twice now and missed the Boeing museum both times. Gotta see it next time I get to Seattle.
 
Thanks everyone. i just cant imagine being a 17-21 yr old kid, and flying a combat mission in one of those, especially the B-17.

Flying at 15-20,000 feet with wind blowing through the airplane, and trying to do your job wearing all that flight gear. Incredible.
 
mopar head said:
Luv planes, cool pics, your fortunate to see those in person. Years ago I was working a job a mile or so away from dullas international, and watched a SST landing and takeing off, my god those sobs were LOUD!!!
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In 1988 or 89, someone around here did a charity Flight to Nowhere, and the Concorde flew into Boeing Field, it was awsome watching it on final approach and landing. I think my dad has pictures of it.

For $1200, they would take off, take you out over the ocean to go mach 1 and come back, that thing was loud. The Concorde that came was tail no. OAB. The one at the museum now is tail number OAG.
 
ocdart said:
Thanks for the pics! I've loved aircraft for years and worked in the aerospace industry for over 25 years.
Several years ago I had to give a presentation at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH, and made the opportunity to see the Wright Bros. shop and where they conducted a lot of their flight experiments. Also made time to visit the Air Force Museum on the base. Outstanding museum!!!
They have the plane there that carried JFK's body back from Dallas. Also have the B-25 that was specially modified to transport FDR in his wheelchair.
I'd urge anybody with an aviation interest to visit both the museum at Wright-Patterson and the Boeing museum in Seattle. I've been to Seattle twice now and missed the Boeing museum both times. Gotta see it next time I get to Seattle.
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When i was in 7th or 8th grade, 1979 or so, my dad had a business trip to Dayton, i went with him and spent two days at the Air Force Museum, wow that was awsome, wish i could go back to see the things they have now.

I was mad cause they had the B-29 walkthrough fuselage closed and the Enola Gay was still in pieces being restored.
 
Hats off to the maintenance guys that took care of the planes too. You see all the mechanical/electical things in there, then realize that probably after each mission something got shot up or damaged somehow.

Those mechanics must have worked their butts off.
 
rp23g7 said:
I was mad cause they had the B-29 walkthrough fuselage closed and the Enola Gay was still in pieces being restored.
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I believe the "Enola Gay" is now in the Smithsonian. They did have "Bock's Car" on display in Dayton.
It was my first visit there. They had two huge display hangars with just about everything the USAF has ever flown. They were in construction of a third display hangar. They also had another indoor display area a short busride distance away in their "R&D" hangar. The coolest airplane in the "R&D" hangar was the sole surviving XB-70 Valkyrie.




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ocdart said:
I believe the "Enola Gay" is now in the Smithsonian. They did have "Bock's Car" on display in Dayton.
It was my first visit there. They had two huge display hangars with just about everything the USAF has ever flown. They were in construction of a third display hangar. They also had another indoor display area a short busride distance away in their "R&D" hangar. The coolest airplane in the "R&D" hangar was the sole surviving XB-70 Valkyrie.
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Yeah, they still had the Enola Gay in pieces and in storage whe i was there, they did have Bocks Car on display though.

They were just starting the second hangar when i was there, a lot of the airplanes that are in there now, were sitting outside when i was there.

The XB-70 was sitting outside when i was there, along with the B-58 and other airplanes.
 
Nice pics - love the super connie. Yep, the AF Museum is awesome. The F-100C that I used to crew is on display there.
 

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