USAF Museum B-17 Memphsis Belle pics

Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:59 am

http://jeffglasser.com/usafm/restoration/restore.htm

Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:07 am

Thanks for the link.

I find this very cool. Echos from the past ehh?

Shay
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Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:18 am

Looks like they have made some progress since I saw her in August.

The George is coming together a bit more too.

Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:01 pm

Shay wrote:Thanks for the link.

I find this very cool. Echos from the past ehh?

Shay
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1944? Who are these people?

Phil

Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:12 pm

These are people that signed the Belle while on her warbond tour in the states.

Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:47 pm

mustangdriver wrote:These are people that signed the Belle while on her warbond tour in the states.

Vandals?

Phil

Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:13 pm

Well not most of them. During the tour people were allowed to do that. It was later painted over, but when the plane was stripped down to bare metal, you can see it etched into the metal. Now there are some vandal markings on there as well from the late 70's and 80's.

Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:38 pm

Thanks for the info.

Phil

Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:53 pm

The XF-90 looks better than I had expected considering all it's been through. Kelly built them like tanks!

Scott

Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:04 pm

Yeah he did! It is still being decided how the aircraft will be displayed. It is not going to be fully restored but kept in the stat it is in. There may be a great display coming with this aircraft.