Warbird Information Exchange

Because a couple of folks asked, here are some pictures of the pole-mounted B-47E currently at the Oklahoma City Fair Park. Several of the pics were taken from the ground, and a couple of them were taken from a cherry-picker that we used to get a better look at the engines and into the cockpit. Final verdict: the engines were removed long ago, along with most of everything in the cockpit.

To answer another question, the Fair Park does want the aircraft moved, and the NMUSAF and others are currently working on finding it a good home. Enjoy.

kevin

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Great pics Kevin, glade you included an explanation of how you got the cockpit shots ! you just happened to be in the area with the cherry picker ?

The NMUSAF can send it 4500 miles NE to the UK ,we need a B-47 here as they served at 2 bases , Brize Norton & Greenham Common & it would be a great addition to the USAF types that is sadly missed

Doc will be done soon, bring her to the Boeing plant and restore to airworthy status. It'd be a hit at Oshkosh.

The battery was dead in his car so he drove the cherry picker to work that day!

I just found a friendly employee who was in the process of changing parking lot lightbulbs...

most definetely needs some t.l.c.

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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!!