B-29 T Square 54 At The MoF Pictures

APG85 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:40 am

WW2John provided the following pictures of T Square 54 undergoing restoration at the Museum of Flight. It is in the same hangar as the B-17 Boeing Bee.....

Michel Lemieux · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:13 am

Wow...tks

When was she moved inside ?

Just curious....is my motto :roll:

FlyingFortB17 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 02, 2006 7:55 pm **Posts:** 217

How about some pics of B-17F Boeing Bee?

APG85 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:20 pm

FlyingFortB17 wrote:

How about some pics of B-17F Boeing Bee?

If WW2John sends me some pic's of the B-17, I will post them......

corsair166b · **Posted:** Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:32 pm

Looks a bit different than 10-12 years ago when she was here in Denver at the Lowry museum before she got taken away from us and moved up to the Northwest.....she woulda looked GREAT in the 'Wings over the Rockies' museum now at Lowry, and they've sure got the room for her....

Mark

APG85 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 10, 2006 5:19 am

corsair166b wrote:

Looks a bit different than 10-12 years ago when she was here in Denver at the Lowry museum before she got taken away from us and moved up to the Northwest.....she woulda looked GREAT in the 'Wings over the Rockies' museum now at Lowry, and they've sure got the room for her....

Mark

Yeah, but she would have been rotting outside........

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11319

Was rotting outside the MoF for years instead.

APG85 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:32 am

True, but at least now she's in a hangar......

Superior Shine · **Joined:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:51 am **Posts:** 17

I was part of a crew that recently had the honor of polishing the aluminum skins of T Square 54. She was in an old hanger when we worked on her. Word has it that she is going back outside as the hanger is getting torn down. Funds are being raised to pay for a hanger or at least a roof to be put over the B-29.

APG85 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:58 pm

WOW!

Looks fantastic! Can't beat a polished up Natural Metal Finish! I wish they were doing the same with the SAC Museum B-29 instead of painting it grey/silver...

GibsonJK · **Joined:** Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:44 am **Posts:** 1

My father was flight engineer for this air craft. His name is Edward Jewett and is in the crew picture that is always posted on line. He died in 1984 and was not able to join the living crew members for the dedication. He would have been so proud. Thanks for all the awesome pictures!

51fixer · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:58 pm

Its not Natural Metal if its Polished.
IMHO Polished and outside do not mix for old A/C.
I can go into Alclad and the makeup of Alum and its different alloys but basically the protection of the Alclad gets ground off to make the Alum shine. The High Strength Alloy under the Alclad will break down under exposure to the environment much faster when exposed.
Should shrink wrap it if you put it outside until you can get it back inside.

APG85 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:31 pm

The last photo I saw of the plane, it was shrink wrapped...

p51 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2014 3:03 pm

Yep, it looks like a Superfort-shaped marshmallow, sitting off to the side of the entrance of the MoF.
Now that the Shuttle trainer stuff is mostly squared away, I sincerely hope eventually they'll be looking to build at least a cover over this and the B-17 which is sitting out in the open.

Django · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:53 pm

It sure looks beautiful polished up.

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