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The document describes a visit to the Museum of the United States Air Force, highlighting various exhibits and restoration efforts, including aircraft from WWII and the Cold War. It mentions specific planes such as the B-17 Memphis Belle, A6M Zero, and F-84, along with activities led by guides during a restoration shop tour. The atmosphere is portrayed as cold and quiet due to the snowy weather on the day of the visit.
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- 1. Museum of theUnited States Air Force 2010 Jan 08 JLoewe © 2010 jlofoto.net
- 2. It was acold, snowy day when we arrived .... Which was good because no one else was there
- 3. The entrance tothe WW2 Section
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- 17. The view throughthe gunsite
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- 21. D-Day, C47 &G-4 Glider
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- 25. Little Boy &Fat Man with Bocks Car
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- 28. This is thestart of the Restoration shop tour. The guides are calling us into small groups.
- 29. SAM26000 is inthe paint booth
- 30. SAM26000 is inthe paint booth
- 31. SAM26000 is inthe paint booth
- 32. They’re doing agreat job making sure the paint is historically correct.
- 33. The Swoose –B17D
- 34. Memphis Belle landinggear restoration
- 35. Schoolmarm Martha wasour guide for the tour
- 36. The Swoose getssome new sheet metal
- 37. The Swoose tourlist
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- 39. Douglas O-46 tail.This is the restoration work done by Purdue University engineering students
- 40. Douglas O-46 tailPU work. This will all be put back to original configuration.
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- 42. Memphis Belle tailgun position
- 43. Memphis Belle -Some of the name carvings from the war bond tour
- 44. Memphis Belle tailgun position
- 45. Memphis Belle -ball turret interior
- 46. Memphis Belle &Strawberry Bitch ball turrets
- 47. Memphis Belle &Strawberry Bitch ball turrets – SB’s is upside down
- 48. Memphis Belle &Strawberry Bitch ball turrets – SB’s is upside down
- 49. Memphis Belle topturret
- 50. Memphis Belle topturret – Gun sight has not been installed yet
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- 52. Memphis Belle Waistsection
- 53. Memphis Belle Waistsection – Tail gun position looking forward
- 54. Memphis Belle waistsection – Starboard interior
- 55. Memphis Belle waistsection – Forward looking aft
- 56. Memphis Belle forwardsection
- 57. Memphis Belle frontsection – Radio compartment – aft looking forward
- 58. Memphis Belle dash– not much left – cockpit hatches are below
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- 63. Memphis Belle enginerestoration
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- 68. The XC-99 isnow at the AF Museum – This is the horizontal stabilizer
- 69. The hot endof a MIG-25
- 70. Lockheed XF-90 –Or what’s left after sitting in the Nevada atomic test range for a bunch of years
- 71. Lockheed XF-90 –I always thought this was a cool looking airplane when I was a kid
- 72. The cold warsection has a very ... well ... cold feel to it
- 73. F-105 100 missiondisplay
- 74. Lockheed EC-121 -Early AWAC
- 75. The B-52 bombbay doesn’t look very big when your standing in it
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