Thursday, January 8, 2009

This site is about the restoration of the Strategic
Air and Space Museum's B-47. You can check
out the bio of our B-47 at their site
www.strategicairandspace.com/ under Aircraft.
You can single click photos to enlarge,
then hit "back" to continue.
B-47E #21412 resides in hangar "A" of the SAS museum.
Restoration began in the cockpit and Nav/Bomb
areas in November 2008.


This is a picture of the pilots instrument panel

before restoration.


Feb. 2009
This is a picture of the Co-Pilot's instrument
Panel before restoration.
Feb. 2009 Co-pilots panel
The co-pilot is also the tail gunner. He can rotate
his chair 180 degrees to view the consoles
behind him. This photo shows this area
before restoration.
This is a picture of the Navigator/Bomber Station
before restoration.




Navigators table --before


June 2010--- Interior painting begins.






July 25, 2010 -- Interior painting complete.



Aug. 2010 -- Entrance re-painted






Aug. 4, 2010 -- Before and after pictures of the
Tail Gunners position.






Aug. 4, 2010 -- Before and after pictures of the
Co-Pilots right side panels.



AUG. 24th 2010-- Before and after pictures of the co-pilots
left side panels.



Aug. 9, 2010 - Before and after pictures of the
Co Pilots instrument panel.



Sept. 24th, 2010 - Finished C0-Pilots inst. panel





AUG. 26th, 2010 - Before and after pictures of the
Pilots instrument panel.
Pilots left wall panel.



Sept. 24th 2010 - Finished Pilot's Inst. Panel



AUG. 2010 - Pilots right side panel, before and after.


Pilots right side panels completed.




9/22/2010 - Before and after photos of the Nav/Bomb area.



9/22/10 - More Nav/Bomb area photos



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