B-17F and B-29 at Boeing Field

[Nathan]

I like the markings. Sometimes simple is good.

[Curtis Block]

I looked through my boxes of old photos and was able to come up with these two of the 29 sitting out front of the MOF. These were taken in '02 or '03





Sorry I don't have more, but I believe the fence made it very hard to get any decent shots.

[Curtis Block]

I believe the DC-2 belongs to Clay Lacy, and is a fully restored (inside and out) airworthy aircraft that is just on temporary display.

[warbird1]

I know a few years ago, there was a plan to get that B-29 into ground running (ferriable) condition. I heard that they wanted to taxi it around, but not fly it. Has that plan been scrubbed?

[APG85]

I know a few years ago, there was a plan to get that B-29 into ground running (ferriable) condition. I heard that they wanted to taxi it around, but not fly it. Has that plan been scrubbed?

I read the same thing in a magazine article myself...

[262crew]

I believe the DC-2 belongs to Clay Lacy, and is a fully restored (inside and out) airworthy aircraft that is just on temporary display.

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N1934D is Assigned

Aircraft Description

Serial Number 1368 Type Registration Corporation
Manufacturer Name DOUGLAS Certificate Issue Date 02/22/1999
Model DC2 Status Valid
Type Aircraft Fixed Wing Multi-Engine Type Engine Reciprocating
Pending Number Change None Dealer No
Date Change Authorized None Mode S Code 50273070
MFR Year None Fractional Owner NO


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Registered Owner

Name MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION
Street 9404 E MARGINAL WAY S
City SEATTLE State WASHINGTON Zip Code 98108-4046
County KING
Country UNITED STATES


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Airworthiness



Engine Manufacturer WRIGHT Classification Standard
Engine Model 1820G-2-3&5 Category Transport

A/W Date 03/31/1987

[Curtis Block]

I appear to have my facts somewhat wrong concerning the DC-2.

[The Inspector]

Curtis,
In all my years in aviation, I've NEVER found anyone who could walk from Honolulu to San Francisco!
As long as we stay in the game, expect goofs and fumbles after all we're all human, not one of got here on a cloud and a shaft of light!!
Sit back and let the triptofan kick in -

[Obergrafeter]

Didn't Lacy deliver the DC-2 just a few months ago?

[JDK]

My notes from about July 2007:

DC-2-118B, 1368, NC14296, XA-BJL(1), LG-ACA, TG-ACA, N4867V, N1934D, NC1934D Museum of Flight Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA Previous Certificate of Airworthiness issued 1987, but recently re-flown, with new CofA currently airworthy.

Of the B-17, B-29 and DC-2, the -2 is rarest as a type (about eight survivors) just about as rare as a flyer (only two airworthy globally, and no more likely to be flown) and as a warbird (used in Europe by both sides, the Pacific and in the USA among others).

[B-17 Buff]

Of the B-17, B-29 and DC-2, the -2 is rarest as a type (about eight survivors) just about as rare as a flyer (only two airworthy globally, and no more likely to be flown) and as a warbird (used in Europe by both sides, the Pacific and in the USA among others).

Well, not quite true if you take into consideration there are only 3 complete B-17F variants left in the world - Memphis Belle, Homesick Angel and Boeing Bee, none of which now fly - making the '17 technically the rarest of the 3!

[APG85]

Of the B-17, B-29 and DC-2, the -2 is rarest as a type (about eight survivors) just about as rare as a flyer (only two airworthy globally, and no more likely to be flown) and as a warbird (used in Europe by both sides, the Pacific and in the USA among others).

Well, not quite true if you take into consideration there are only 3 complete B-17F variants left in the world - Memphis Belle, Homesick Angel and Boeing Bee, none of which now fly - making the '17 technically the rarest of the 3!

Let's split hairs some more...there are currently no flying B-29's. I think all of these planes are pretty rare...and special.

[JDK]

They're all rare to someone.

However the DC-2 is a distinct type - the 'F' is a mark, a subset of a type - so it's not a like-for-like comparison.

That said, my point is just that the DC-2 is a very rare aircraft, but under-appreciated, despite its significant role in history, both military and civilian. (While the B-17 and '29 are well established.)

[APG85]

Does anyone have any interior pic's of this particular DC-2?

[Chris Brame]

Now that a couple wartime photos of 42-29782 have turned up, will they be adding the name Patricia and the tail code BA that it carried during the war?