[Leica] IMG: PESO:- B-29

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Ira,

Thanks for sharing these recent photos.  The interior is nice, but the 
finish on the outside of the nose is outstanding, complete with decorative 
details.  It should be a popular exibit.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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Subject: [Leica] IMG: PESO:- B-29


> Finding some spare time on a business trip to Connecticut, I took a few
> hours to visit the New England Air Museum.  It wasn't very busy that day, 
> and
> one of the docents asked if I'd like to go into the cockpit of their B-29
> that was undergoing final restoration.
>
> Need I say more..
> .
>
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/NEAM_B-29A_Cockpit.
> jpg.html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/NEAM_B-29A_Cockpit.jpg.html)
> Tiny  URL:      _http://tinyurl.com/yc2m4cb_ (http://tinyurl.com/yc2m4cb)
> The quality of the restoration is magnificent , and the plane  looks 
> better
> than the day it left the assembly line  in 1945.
>
>
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/NEAM_B-29A-2009.jpg
> .html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/NEAM_B-29A-2009.jpg.html)
> Tiny URL: _http://tinyurl.com/yax6lce_ (http://tinyurl.com/yax6lce)
> Both with Canon 30D/10-22 EF-S.
> Leica Content (M4/35 'cron) follows:
> This is the same aircraft at the old museum location at  Bradley Field in
> 1977:
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/NEAM_B-29A-1977.jpg
> .html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/NEAM_B-29A-1977.jpg.html)
> Tiny  URL:  _http://tinyurl.com/ybyf9vs_ (http://tinyurl.com/ybyf9vs)
> And in 1980 after suffering damage from a tornado that ran  through the
> museum:
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/NEAM_B-29A-1980.jpg
> .html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/NEAM_B-29A-1980.jpg.html)
> Tiny  URL: _http://tinyurl.com/yc4r8cw_ (http://tinyurl.com/yc4r8cw)
> As always, comments, critiques and suggestions are always  welcome.
> Ira Silverman
> Irvine, CA
>
>
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