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                        Memphis Belle Interior Shots

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                        BlackWolf3945
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Memphis Belle Interior Shots
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:23 AM
                        I forget who was asking for photos of the Belle as she looked before the restoration work started in earnest, but here's a page from the walkaround center.

                        http://www.aircraftwalkaround.com/b-17_mbelle/b-17_mbelle.htm


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                        mandrake
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Mexico
                        Posted by mandrake on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 7:34 PM
                        Well, wasnt me but they are gonna be useful, Thank you very much! also theres a pics that i placed in the other B-17 post, please if you can help me with that i would really appreciate it! :-)
                        Thanks! My Best Regards Hector Reymundo
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                        BlackWolf3945
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:39 PM
                        Good deal, Mandrake. Glad you can use these photos!


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                        dogsbody
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                          March 2003
                        • From: Canada
                        Posted by dogsbody on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 3:44 AM
                        mer1122 was the asker, I think.

                        "What young man could possibly be bored
                        with a uniform to wear,
                        a fast aeroplane to fly,
                        and something to shoot at?"

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                        BlackWolf3945
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 3:46 AM
                        Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Wasn't too sure, tho...


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                        Keyworth
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: NE Georgia
                        Posted by Keyworth on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 6:20 PM
                        those are great shots. They must have been taken when the Belle was still at the end of the Memphis airport runway. She was pretty sorry looking from the exterior by the time she was taken for restoration. Great shots! - Ed
                        "There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosives"
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                        renarts
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Sunny Florida
                        Posted by renarts on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 7:02 PM
                        Wasn't Meredith going to do a "Belle" build?

                        Mike
                        Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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                        mostlyjets
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                          March 2003
                        • From: Poway, Ca.
                        Posted by mostlyjets on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 10:51 PM
                        It's pretty sad that the City of Memphis would let such a historical aircraft get trashed like that! What an absolute mess. Glad she's restored. Makes me want to venture to Mud Island once again!
                        All out of Snakes and Nape, switching to guns...
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                        BlackWolf3945
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Thursday, June 26, 2003 4:53 PM
                        Yeah, Renarts, she wanted to convert the Monogram Fort to an F, but I think we all collectively scared her away from the idea for a while!

                        I think she said she's going with a 72nd kit for now? Can't recall...


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                        Keyworth
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                          January 2003
                        • From: NE Georgia
                        Posted by Keyworth on Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:15 PM
                        The City of Memphis almost blew it a second time. The display area on Mud Island allowed for continued corrosion and wear, so the Air Force almost pulled the plug on the Belle staying there. Fortunately, the powers that be saw the light and have built an enclosed display area for the Memphis Belle that has total climate control. The Belle has been rebuilt in and out, including engines that are airworthy, but she'll never fly again. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, though. The important thing is that the Belle has a permanent place to stay again. - Ed
                        "There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosives"
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 27, 2003 12:49 PM
                        It was sad to see such a historical aircraft in such bad shape. You guys say she's restored, but does she have instruments, radios, bombsight, and all the smaller details now? I'm just interested. I think it would be nice to have the Memphis Belle as one of the most accurately restored Forts around.Wink [;)]
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                        Keyworth
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                          January 2003
                        • From: NE Georgia
                        Posted by Keyworth on Friday, June 27, 2003 3:39 PM
                        The Belle is airworthy and totally restored, but she'll never fly again, 'cause that's the way the museum and the Air Force want it. Once the engines were tested and instruments checked, the fuel, lubricants and hydraulic fluids were all drained. She's sittiing pretty now. - Ed
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 30, 2003 6:06 AM
                        it's not the Belle , but it's a nice interior shot

                        http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=358296&WxsIERv=Qm9laW5nIEItMTdHIEZseWluZyBGb3J0cmVzcyAoMjk5UCk%3D&WdsYXMg=Q29sbGluZ3MgRm91bmRhdGlvbg%3D%3D&QtODMg=TmFwYSAtIE5hcGEgQ291bnR5IChBUEMp&ERDLTkt=VVNBIC0gQ2FsaWZvcm5pYQ%3D%3D&ktODMp=TWF5IDIxLCAyMDAz&BP=1&WNEb25u=Vml2aWFuIEEgV2F0dHM%3D&xsIERvdWdsY=TjkzMDEy&MgTUQtODMgKE=SW5zaWRlIHRoZSByZWFyIGZ1c2VsYWdlLCBsb29raW5nIGZvcndhcmQuIE5vdGUgdGhlIHRvcCBvZiB0aGUgYmFsbCB0dXJyZXQu&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=OTQ5&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwMy0wNS0yNw%3D%3D&static=yes


                        Go to www.airliners.net and do a search for 'Warbirds' - there are lost of nice photos there
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 30, 2003 11:35 AM
                        That's cool! Completely restored and flyable. It's a fitting tribute to the men who flew her.
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