722 in better days
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:26 pm
From my last grouping of SB-17s. I went back and looked again and there was 722.
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Re: 722 in better days
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:30 pm
And possibly this one from the other angle
Re: 722 in better days
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:33 pm
slightly different angle
Re: 722 in better days
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:37 pm
And for giggles, the front office of one of these SB-17s
Re: 722 in better days
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 10:10 am
Here is the tail now, it will be the start of Don Brooks 2nd B17
Re: 722 in better days
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 6:14 pm
I can beat you photos (vvbg)
on 15 April 1952 two B-17s were parked on Yucca Flats for the Snapper / Tumbler atomic testing on aircraft airframes - they were 43-37746 & 44-83722.
43-37746 was a test B-17 that previously was assigned to Weather and Cloud Seeding Research -- she also had Yellow engine cowlings
44-83722 was an SB-17G that still had the search radome installed.
these two pictures were taken before the blasts. Also note that 722 had an 4-bladed propeller (Curtiss Electric ?) installed on #1 engine.
on 15 April 1952 two B-17s were parked on Yucca Flats for the Snapper / Tumbler atomic testing on aircraft airframes - they were 43-37746 & 44-83722.
43-37746 was a test B-17 that previously was assigned to Weather and Cloud Seeding Research -- she also had Yellow engine cowlings
44-83722 was an SB-17G that still had the search radome installed.
these two pictures were taken before the blasts. Also note that 722 had an 4-bladed propeller (Curtiss Electric ?) installed on #1 engine.
Re: 722 in better days
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:14 pm