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B-52G 59-2584

Posted by Richard Allnutt on Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:44:57 AM

In reply top Trip Report Continued posted by Mike Henniger on Tue Apr 06, 2004 09:23:31 AM

Hi Mike... the B-52G, 59-2584, is on loan from the US Air Force Heritage Program to the Museum of Flight. It is in store at Paine Field.

Hope this helps,
Richard

: Trip report continued?
:
: I mentioned in a previous posting that I had been to Paine
: Field. When I was there I drove around the perimeter loo
: king for things of interest. I saw a B-52 not far from th
: e Me 262 project facilities. It looked to be quite weathe
: red, but in reasonably good shape. The tail number starte
: d with a ?9_? so it may be a B-52G. Will give more detail
: s when I get my pictures back. Nearby the B-52 was a Cess
: na O-2 obvious maintained in flying condition. It was in
: a white and light blue camo paint scheme.
:
: At another part of the airfield I found a Harvard/Texan in
: a Golden Hawks paint scheme. I got the impression that t
: his one would do well to be placed under a roof. It looks
: like it was in need of a new coat of paint. Parked right
: beside it was a Fouga Magister with c/r N312DM (if my mem
: ory serves me correctly). Not much else to report from Pa
: ine.
:
: Earlier in the day I toured the Museum of Flight at Boeing
: field. They present the aircraft quite well with many ha
: nging from the ceiling. Some people don?t like to see the
: aircraft hanging, but it does provide some very nice phot
: ography opportunities other than the stand front quarter l
: evel shot. With the different balcony levels it also allo
: wed you to get some shots from higher levels. If you are
: an avid photographer I would definitely recommend you visi
: t. Outside was one of the newly arrived Concordes, and ac
: ross the street a former presidential 707, the first 747 a
: nd a former NASA 737. It is a very nice museum, but I hop
: e to be able to visit again in the future when they open t
: he new section.
:
: After the museum of flight I visited Paine, but returned t
: o Boeing Field to drive around the perimeter. I found a B
: -47 which I could only get shots of though the chain link.
: I think they will turn out well. There were also about
: a half dozen UH-1s on the east side of the field. They ma
: y belong to the Sheriff?s Department as one or two were in
: such markings, but most were still in their Army markings
: . Also at the south-east corner I spotted a weathered DC-
: 3. The lighting just wasn?t good, and it was quite a dist
: ance from the perimeter. I might get a chance to get a sh
: ot of it before heading off to work this morning.
:
: That is all for now.
:
: Regards,
:
: Mike

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