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SB2C Helldiver in flight

Fifi, a restored Boeing B-29 bomber.

Which way do I go?

Fifi, a restored Boeing B-29 bomber.

Ryan PT-22 Recruit trainer

Fifi, a restored Boeing B-29 bomber.

Ryan PT-22 Recruit trainer

Ryan PT-22 Recruit trainer

Ryan PT-22 Recruit trainer

P-51C Mustang of the Tuskegee Airmen "Red Tail" squadron

P-51C Mustang of the Tuskegee Airmen "Red Tail" squadron

P-51C Mustang of the Tuskegee Airmen "Red Tail" squadron

T-34A Mentor trainer by Beechcraft

P-39 Airacobra

T-34A Mentor trainer by Beechcraft

The "Yellow Rose" B-25J Mitchell Bomber

Fairchild PT-19 Trainer

SBD Dauntless dive bomber

SBD Dauntless dive bomber

SBD Dauntless dive bomber

SBD Dauntless dive bomber

SBD Dauntless dive bomber. Taking a selfie while machine-gunning was probably not something that happened a lot back in WWII.

P-39 Airacobra. The engine was behind the pilot.

"Bucket of Bolts," a C45F Expeditor

Curtis-Wright SB2C Helldiver

The registration number, NX529B, for Fifi, the B-29 bomber

The Art-Deco Terminal Building at Lakefront Airport finally got it's awful concrete panel cladding from the 60's removed and is lookin' good!

89-year-old David Fisher, a B-29 radio operator who flew 22 missions over Japan from Guam.

A. B. Taylor, part of the B-29 air crew.

Inside the forward bom bay of the B-29

Looking back toward the aft bomb bay of the B-29

Inside the forward bom bay of the B-29

More bombs in the B-29 bomb bay.

Bomb release unit on the side wall of the bomb bay. Operated by switches in the cockpit

B-29 hydraulic power unit

B-29 radio operator's station

Stromberg-Carlson radio receiver (at the bottom) made in Rochester, NY.

B-29 navigator's seat

Radio operator's equipment from the navigator's seat across the aisle

Flight deck of the B-29

B-29 pilot's seat

Pay attention to the placards!

In line for the B-17 Flying Fortress cockpit tour

B-29 copilot's seat

An interesting place to sit under the B-17

The SB2C Helldiver taxis

B-17 engine and propellor

The B-17's movie credits

"Gunfighter," a P-51D Mustang, taxis with a rider.

Flight deck in the B-17

Inside the B-17 cockpit

Commenorative Air Foce Colonel Pat Elliot sits beneath the B-17

Ammo belts for one of the B-17's machine gun turrets.

The machine gun view from outside

Up the wing root of the B-17

Don't mess with this B-17!

A BMW motorcycle and sidecar used by the German SS.

Some WWII-era ground vehicles