B-52 on the move...

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2923

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ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Moving can be a pain for anyone, but on Sunday, one case of moving turned out to be a 100,000 pound challenge.

Officials hauled a B-52 plane Sunday from Kirtland Air Force Base to the new National Atomic Museum site on Eubank Boulevard.

The plane had to be taken apart and moved piece by piece. Due to the aircraft's size, it took nearly the whole day to move the plane the short distance.

When the museum opens in April, the name will change to the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History.

"We've been trying to move the museum for about 11 years, and it took a long time to raise enough money to do it, and build a new building," Jim Walther of National Museum of Nuclear Science and History said.

Museum officials said the B-52 was delivered to Albuquerque from the factory where it was built in 1955.

Video here:
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/technology ... d_20090111

GIJOE290 · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:52 am

Whoo-hoo!!

Thanks for sharing the story with us!

gary1954 · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:02 am

I wonder if there is any chance that this museum will get either Enola Gay or Bock's Car for display.

RickH · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:12 am

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I wonder if there is any chance that this museum will get either Enola Gay or Bock's Car for display.

Whoo Hoo ! Gary's started drinking early today !! :lol:

I think the comment about the proverbial snowball might be in order here !

Ztex · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:26 am

Have they moved their (45-21748 - Duke of Albuquerque) B-29 yet?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=s&ie=UTF8&ll=35.049884,-106.550876&spn=0.003786,0.009892&t=k&z=17&lci=lmc:panoramio

Jiggersfromsphilly · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:15 pm **Posts:** 951

Why in 1955, would they deliver a new B-52 directly to a museum?

I know I am missing something here. LOL!

Xrayist · **Joined:** Wed Jun 08, 2005 12:51 am **Posts:** 329

If you watch the video, there were apparently two planes moved...they had video of a B-42 wing being moved! :lol:

wendovertom · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:07 am

I have to agree with Rick - not that the Wendover museum would LOVE to get Bockscar (nose art has salt lake to nagasaki) but that sure as heck will never happen.

It seems like I had heard that the B-29 at Barksdale was going away - as in being taken away due to lack of care. We'd be happy to get that one to!!

Tom P.

bluethunder28 · **Joined:** Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:26 am **Posts:** 199

Ztex wrote:

Have they moved their (45-21748 - Duke of Albuquerque) B-29 yet?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=s&ie=UTF8&ll=35.049884,-106.550876&spn=0.003786,0.009892&t=k&z=17&lci=lmc:panoramio

Yes. http://www.flickr.com/photos/atomicmuseum/3118513549/

RareBear · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:09 am

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Why in 1955, would they deliver a new B-52 directly to a museum?

The B-52 was undoubtedly delivered to Kirtland AFB in 1955, not to the museum. There were SAC units at the base then.

Walt

Jiggersfromsphilly · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:15 pm **Posts:** 951

RareBear wrote:

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Why in 1955, would they deliver a new B-52 directly to a museum?

The B-52 was undoubtedly delivered to Kirtland AFB in 1955, not to the museum. There were SAC units at the base then.

Walt

Tongue in cheek! I can see a colonel blowing a gasket asking why the plane was being taken from the flight line.

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