National Atomic Museum Airplane Pics (B-29, B-52,F-105, A-7)
Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:54 pm
I had occasion to be in Albuquerque, NM today so I took a really fast run past the National Atomic Museum. I didn't go inside and the area with the outside displays wasn't open to the public yet so I had to take these through the fence.
Two big bombs
F-105, TA-7, B-52
B-29
Two big bombs
F-105, TA-7, B-52
B-29
Re: National Atomic Museum Airplane Pics (B-29, B-52,F-105,
Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:30 pm
Brad wrote:
Great shots, thanks for sharing. I love this pic of the B-52 wing; the tail of the B-29 in the b/g made me think it was a YB-49 for half a second...
cheers
greg v.
Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:02 am
So where did the B-29 spring from? They still have a secret stash, kept in mint condition in a hidden bunker on Tinian or Saipan, or what?
Robbie
Robbie
Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:09 am
From my B-29 survivors list:
45-21748 B-29-97-BW DUKE OF ALBUQUEQUE (name does not appear on the aircraft). National Atomic Museum, New Mexico. Name not original to the aircraft. Briefly served with the 509th from Dec 1946 to Aug 1947. Used as a ground training aircraft at Chanute AFB, Illinois. Eventually put on display as Enola Gay. Aircraft was disassembled and moved to the NAM (Kirtland AFB) when Chanute closed in August 1993. Aircraft is on outdoor display and in poor condition. Entire plane is painted gray. Aircraft recently transferred to the new museum site off-base and partially assembled.
45-21748 B-29-97-BW DUKE OF ALBUQUEQUE (name does not appear on the aircraft). National Atomic Museum, New Mexico. Name not original to the aircraft. Briefly served with the 509th from Dec 1946 to Aug 1947. Used as a ground training aircraft at Chanute AFB, Illinois. Eventually put on display as Enola Gay. Aircraft was disassembled and moved to the NAM (Kirtland AFB) when Chanute closed in August 1993. Aircraft is on outdoor display and in poor condition. Entire plane is painted gray. Aircraft recently transferred to the new museum site off-base and partially assembled.
Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:25 am
if in vegas screw the poker tables & sluts, er... i mean slots , & check out the atomic history museum off the main drag from the casinos. that museum is as comprehensive as it gets. well laid out, it has alot of minute details & aspects of the world's nuclear programs in the cold war. allow at least 3 hours to absorb the place!! no warbirds present but well worth the time!!
Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:02 am
Never seen before images of this large bombs!! Great post!
Cheers
Cheers
Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:36 am
That's not the first time somebody has posted photos of a partially disassembled large aircraft in the desert. It amazes me that they must never have any wind at all - the wings never looked any more secured than simply balancing on a couple of jacks!
Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:55 pm
Great shots! Looks like the B-52 from the Fairgrounds here in Okc! Glad she is living on....
Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:21 pm
I was under the impression the B-52 from Oklahoma went to the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark in Palmdale,Ca
Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:36 pm
Pat, I think you are right....I seem to remember something about Palmdale getting her! 
Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:42 pm
The B-29 is another candidate to bring inside for sure!
Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:05 pm
That B-52 is 52-0013. It has been at the Atomic Museum for a long time.
It was the airplane that made the first H-bomb air drop - Shot Cherokee. May 1956
It was the airplane that made the first H-bomb air drop - Shot Cherokee. May 1956
Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:21 pm
Why is the B-52 apart?
Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:36 pm
JBoyle wrote:Why is the B-52 apart?
It was taken apart for the move from Kirtland AFB. It was in pieces when I saw it in April, thought it would be back together by now.
Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:38 pm
Mgawa wrote:Never seen before images of this large bombs!! Great post!
Cheers
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