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PostPosted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:25 pm 
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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.

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

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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/

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


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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!!!

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

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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?

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Excellent. Thanks for the images.

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Great Pics !

Thanks for sharing them.

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

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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.

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Great pictures Al! Thanks for posting them. :D

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

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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!

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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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