The Air Force museum has a lot of foreign aircraft actually especially in the Early Years and WW2 galleries. They also have 9 Russian jets, 2 are still in storage, they have a Canadian jet, a Tornado, they also have a French Mystere IV in storage as well.
A number of B-29s code named Silverplate, including the Enola Gay and Bockscar were modified in the field or the factory without turrets or armour this was in response to the weight of the Fat Man and Pumpkin bombs (non-nuclear bombs that resembled and handled like Fat Man) which weighed over 4,500 kg, so weight was a concern, even with the more powerful engines. By Flying at 30,000 feet put the B-29s above the effective range of Japanese flak. Each mission was conducted by a formation of three aircraft in the hope of convincing the Japanese that small groups of B-29s did not justify a strong response as they may only have been weather aircraft. This strategy proved successful, and Japanese fighters only occasionally attempted to intercept the 509th Composite Group's aircraft.
Just to say in B29 the turrets were sealed and the 3 gunners had sighting windows in semi spherical domes the area that was faired over in Bockscar . The rear gunner was pressurised too . The centre section was not pressurised a tunnel joined the front and back
The Air Force museum has a lot of foreign aircraft actually especially in the Early Years and WW2 galleries. They also have 9 Russian jets, 2 are still in storage, they have a Canadian jet, a Tornado, they also have a French Mystere IV in storage as well.
A number of B-29s code named Silverplate, including the Enola Gay and Bockscar were modified in the field or the factory without turrets or armour this was in response to the weight of the Fat Man and Pumpkin bombs (non-nuclear bombs that resembled and handled like Fat Man) which weighed over 4,500 kg, so weight was a concern, even with the more powerful engines. By Flying at 30,000 feet put the B-29s above the effective range of Japanese flak. Each mission was conducted by a formation of three aircraft in the hope of convincing the Japanese that small groups of B-29s did not justify a strong response as they may only have been weather aircraft. This strategy proved successful, and Japanese fighters only occasionally attempted to intercept the 509th Composite Group's aircraft.
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The best part is that I live like an hour from the museum and I’ve already been there twixe
I imagine you would need a full day to properly study this museum but non the less a good taster . thanks
Love this place, visited four or five times when I use to live in Ohio.
I wish I had more time. I can spend an easy 6-8 hours there
C-130A model. First of the series.
Thanks, I was in a hurry so I didn't dig into it. I only flew on ones with 4 blades so I was a but thrown off.
Been there loved going thru it
you walked past a PR Mosquito early on in US markings , A British design possibly the best all round aircraft OF WW2
Just to say in B29 the turrets were sealed and the 3 gunners had sighting windows in semi spherical domes the area that was faired over in Bockscar . The rear gunner was pressurised too . The centre section was not pressurised a tunnel joined the front and back
The first aircart you looked at was not a spitfire, it was a hurricane.
Thanks. And the sign was right there too!
thanks for sharing ! the plane you thought was a Spitfire is a Hurricane .
the early C-130 were 3 blade until the mid 70"s
That helps. I was Army from 1987-1996 (Airborne) we jumped out of 4 prop C-130's and C-141's. Air Force from 1996-2019. Med crew on C-141, C-130, C-17
the doolittle raid used b-25's !!!!! that air force one flew kennedy, johnson, and nixon !!
I also visited the 707 that flew Reagan. It's in the Reagan Library in Semi Valley California
cool info
All M1 carbines had bayonet lugs after 1945.
Um... you got to flying inverted there a lil bit!
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