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Boeing B50

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Okay. So when I first saw this sucker sitting outside in the dirt I thought, cool they've got multiple B29s lying around here. As we got closer to these suckers I realized it was bigger than the B29 we had just checked out inside one of the museum's hangars. This is a Boeing B50 Superfortress, which was designed off of the B29. However they're much bigger than a B29. This one here is apparently a late-model version that had two J47 jet engines installed in order to get the bomber to higher altitude.

The first B50s arrived after WWII. They were used as tankers until 1965 when they were replaced by the KC-135 series. B50s were some of the very last piston engined aircraft Boeing built.

Pima Air and Space Museum. Tucson, Arizona.
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1024x768px 526.88 KB
Make
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD
Model
C700UZ
Shutter Speed
10/8000 second
Aperture
F/5.0
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
100
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WOW! I never knew out of hard studying, that the late late models, you my sir, have finished my study! thank you! very! :highfive: