B-36J, 52-22827, Pima Air Museum, Arizona |
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The National Museum of the Air Force has transferred B-36J-75(III), 52-22827 to the Pima Air Museum near Tucson, Arizona. It was fully restored at the Lockheed-Martin plant in Fort Worth. It has being reassembled and is now on public display.
B-36J 52-22827 was placed on display in June.
Mike Adkins provided some photos of B-36J 52-22827 taken on July 5. The outer propellers and jet pods had not been installed, yet.
As of March 12, 2009, the fuselage was complete and sitting on its landing gear. The outer wing panels had not been attached,yet. The nose was masked for painting the SAC sash.
As of September 26, 2005, most of the major components of B-36J, 52-22827 have arrived at the Pima Air Museum restoration area. The center section of the wings is still in Fort Worth.
Forward fuselage
Elevators, propellers, and empennage.
Forward fuselage
Elevators
Empennage
Forward fuselage
Forward fuselage
The rear fuselage rests a short distance away from the rest of the airframe.
Rear fuselage
Rear fuselage
Engine nacelles
B-36 restoration area
I will document the reassembly of B-36J, 52-22827 as I did the restoration of RB-36H, 51-13730 at the Castle Air Museum.
The last B-36 built, B-36J-75(III) 52-22827, seen in
1964 at Fort Worth. This plane received a meticulous
restoration in Fort Worth at the old Convair factory (now
Lockheed-Martin). Photo courtesy Richard Freeman.
These pictures of the restored interior of 52-22827 were provided by Don Pyeatt.
Cockpit. Photo courtesy Don Pyeatt.
Cockpit. Photo courtesy Don Pyeatt.
Control Wheel.
Photo courtesy Don Pyeatt.
Cockpit. Photo courtesy Don Pyeatt.
Flight Engineer's Station. Photo
courtesy Don Pyeatt.
Radar Navigator's Station. Photo
courtesy Don Pyeatt.
Radio Operator's Station. Photo
courtesy Don Pyeatt.
Don Pyeatt's web site has a number of photos of 52-22827 on display and undergoing restoration. Click on the number-four propellor at the bottom of his home page.
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The history of the efforts to preserve B-36J, 52-22827 at Fort Worth is well documented in "B-36: Saving the Last Peacemaker"; Second Edition, an html book on CD. This CD-ROM is viewed with your internet browser.
B-36: Moving the Last Peacemaker. These 875 photos show photographically the effort expended by all of the volunteers over a nine year period to save the aircraft. This CD-ROM is a self contained slide show that does not require a browser to view.
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