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Seattle MOF B52 Repaint


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31 minutes ago, DEFCON said:

What an aircraft! Do you know if it's a 'G' model Blues?

Maybe it's the angle of the pictures, but the fuselage on this bird doesn't look all that wrinkled? 

it is a B52G

https://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/boeing-b-52g-stratofortress

http://www.museumofflight.org/Explore-The-Museum/Vietnam-Air-War-Memorial-Park

http://www.museumofflight.org/Explore-The-Museum/B-52-Restoration-Progress

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I spent the last few months working at Paine Field and I would see it everyday. This is a pic I took last December before they (obviously) started the resto. 

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A family friend is quite active with the MOF and responsible for bringing several of the aircraft to the Boeing museum. The B52 repaint was quite a challenge and had to be done outside. Local authorities had to approve the work and a taxiway at the airport was blocked off so they could strip, sand and repaint the B52. 

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3 hours ago, blues deville said:

Almost done. 

 

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Any idea where they're going to put it? The Museum of Flight is at Boeing Field and unless the plan is to drag it down I-5 it'll have to stay at Paine Field.

Maybe a one time flight to Boeing Field like they did with the first B-727 a few years ago.

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13 minutes ago, Maverick said:

Any idea where they're going to put it? The Museum of Flight is at Boeing Field and unless the plan is to drag it down I-5 it'll have to stay at Paine Field.

Maybe a one time flight to Boeing Field like they did with the first B-727 a few years ago.

Let me find out as I'm getting updates daily on the re-paint progress. Their home page states they are the "custodian" of this B52 so I assumed it would end up at the MOF.

The UA 727 was quite a process with lots of waivers and FAA approvals for the short 727 ferry. A gear locked down, flap 20 take off & landing. FedEx donated the engines.

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Maverick, apparently after this restoration and repaint it will be moved from Paine Field to the MOF by surface in summer 2018. I guess not the first time a Boeing has been seen on the roads around Seattle.

http://www.museumofflight.org/Explore-The-Museum/Vietnam-Air-War-Memorial-Park

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38 minutes ago, blues deville said:

Maverick, apparently after this restoration and repaint it will be moved from Paine Field to the MOF by surface in summer 2018. I guess not the first time a Boeing has been seen on the roads around Seattle.

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Thanks BD. They're such historic aircraft and it's great to see them preserved!

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