This has been making the e-mail circuit but in case you haven't seen it it is pretty cool. It is a 360+ degree panorama view from the pilots seat of the most famous B-29.
http://www.davidpalermo.com/data/slideshow/4/index.htmlA lot of folks complain about NASM and their restoration staff. To me this is a true restoration and the whole restoration staff deserves a hearty well done. They fixed up, cleaned up and truly restored what was there instead of replacing everything. This is one of the few surviving B-29's that has its original upholstery in place. To me this sure looks good. The early B-17's had the interior done in the same solid (non quilted) material. I wish more museums could put this kind of attention and care into the preservation and restoration of rare and original artifacts. Well done NASM!
As they say it is only original once. Many of the post war mods have been removed from the Enola Gay during her restoration to bring her back to the condition and configuration she was in just after they landed from the Hiroshima mission. A couple of items have been removed and added since the panorama shots in the link above were taken. Thanks to a few dedicated folks like Bernie Poppert and Mike Hans the Enola Gay will hopefully continue to get back to her August 6th configuration.
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Taigh Ramey
Vintage Aircraft, Stockton, California
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