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That's a LOT of paint!

1st class restoration, down right meticulous as it should be. are they going to install repro 20mm cannons in the concealed gun compartments?? if so, it would be to cool when completed to display the 36 with the guns out as i think alot of people don't realize she packed that kind of wallop with all that defensive armament.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

She's really coming along. Good Job!!

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David
1953 M38A1 jeep owner
& Student Pilot soloed 09/09/06
USAF 1984-1986

Thats one heck of a big job but its looking good for sure. Hey JamesInTucson, please tell everyone involved to keep up the fine work!

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!

bummer

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

I will do that. We are quite pleased with the pace of the work right now. We've finally reached the point where the progress being made is easily visible. The forward fuselage should get its silver paint this week and then we will start the markings. There is still a lot of corrosion to fix on the engine nacelles and once that is done we'll proceed with the paint job. We are aiming to be done by the end of April.

James

And a bit of trivia some might not remember, the first operational B-36 was christened "The City of Ft. Worth",
as was this last.

Thanks Pima for the thorough care and photo progress you folks are providing. Three months in joining
the front and rear fuse halves..softly, softly catchee monkey!!

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Looking Great. Makes my arms hurt thinking of how many rattle cans it would take to paint that beast!!!

Awesome! when it is done how much public access to the interior will there be?

I am jealous of the volunteer team you have - I wish we had more people who lived closer to our museum to help with our projects.

Tom P.

RAF paint scheme

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=27864

It's wonderful to see the daily progress on the grand lady. I worked on that aircraft in the mid-to-late 70's in Fort Worth, disassembling it for the move from Greater Southwest Airport to Carswell.

This is what it looked like inside then:


(photos by me)

This is what it looks like now, after about 40,000 hours of volunteer work by the folks in Fort Worth:



(photos by Don Pyeatt via Goleta Air Museum)

I do hope the good folks at Pima acknowledge the monumental work done by the Texas volunteers over the past several decades to preserve and restore #2827

By the way, the Cold War Aviation forum at Delphi is a treasure trove of information from B-36 vets: http://forums.delphiforums.com/B36forum

Great work on the interior!

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!

Unfortunately, there won't be any public access to the interior.

Lots of volunteers is a blessing and a curse. Most of them are great, some not so much.

James

I understand. I used to give tours of the inside of 2827 BITD. Lots of places to twist an ankle or bump your head. But it was always amazing to stand in the radio compartment or aft compartment and look up at that tall ceiling!

humm - this is a "bitchbid" - Why then go to the effort to restore the interior if no one will ever see it - if visitors want to see the interior they can see skydaddy's photos.

I hear your response and understand it - I am just throwing that out - I think it would be a good idea to offer interior tours for an additional $ - then you can control the variables a little better and generate more revenue for the museum. Who here wouldn't hesitate to throw out an extra $5 to tour the interior of such a plane?

Tom P.