A tour of a B-17F & B-29 - Seattle

spookythecat · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:25 pm

Last Thursday I had the good fortune to get to tour the B-17F and B-29 in the Boeing 2-40 building in Seattle. The two aircraft are truly beautiful as you'll see from the pictures. The nose of the B-29 still has a ways to go but the aft section looks amazing and we even got to operate the upper aft turret! As for the B-17, I don't know what more they could do to it as it looks amazing.

This is my friend trying out the sight/turret setup. You can see the turret in the background.

I ended up taking almost 200 photos so i'm not posting them all here but you can follow the link below to see them all.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spookythec ... 315172700/

Glen · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:28 pm

One Word ..............................WOW :shock:

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:51 am

Just awesome man

B-29 Super Fort · **Joined:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 11:12 am **Posts:** 871

Fantastic photos...I'm jealous I wish I had a chance to tour them in person.

APG85 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:54 am

WOW!!!! That shot of the B-29 from the left side with the stand up to the engine and the hangar ceiling...fantastic!!! Thanks for posting those!!!

Bluedharma · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:28 am

Al, those photos are great!
I wish I could find time to go back to Seattle and check out the MOF again.
Great place!

Ztex · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:21 am

Great stuff!

Good to see these airplanes are getting the care they deserve!

One question for our B-17 guys....
The walk way around the ball turret on this airplane goes around on the right side. Every B-17 I have been in has the walk way going around the left side of the turret.

I found a pic of Memphis Belle and that walk way goes to the right...
http://www.memphisbelle.com/index.php?o ... itemId=151

Is this an F- vs G- model change? or is it a manufacturer difference? Boeing vs. Lockheed?

Curious.

AIRIC · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:28 am

Excellent. Thanks for the images.

Eric

Michel C-GNCJ · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:05 pm

Great Pics !

Thanks for sharing them.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:12 pm

I swear I saw Dave Desmon a couple times. Must have been a
Cascade WBA meeting. Very cool shots!!

spookythecat · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:21 pm

Jack Cook wrote:

I swear I saw Dave Desmon a couple times. Must have been a
Cascade WBA meeting. Very cool shots!!

If you didn't see dave in his Navion i'm sure it was at a CW meeting.

Rhino-9-3 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:21 pm

Great pictures Al! Thanks for posting them.

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:06 pm

Fantastic! How is it you were able to tour these 2 great looking planes? Is a reservation or appointment necessary?

spookythecat · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:13 pm

Pat Carry wrote:

Fantastic! How is it you were able to tour these 2 great looking planes? Is a reservation or appointment necessary?

The guy in charge of the B-29 is in my plastic model club and invited anyone who wanted to check it out. It was an opportunity nobody in their right mind would pass up!

ww2John · **Posted:** Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:47 pm

I love the 20AF control wheel cap on the pilot's yoke of the B29.
Never seen one of dem before!
Thanks for some detail shots - clear as you always do.

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