From: "Steve Bamford" To: "George Maiorana" References: <3A78677F.918342E0@voyager.net> <016901c08cc1$9f7510c0$58a9e8d8@bc.hsia.telus.net> <3A7AA3F6.E62E5115@voyager.net> Subject: Re: Tu-4 Walkaround Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 00:11:15 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Maiorana" To: "Steve Bamford" Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 5:11 AM Subject: Re: Tu-4 Walkaround > > > > Hi George, > > The mention of 14 photos is incorrect....the web page template we use to > > make up the walkarounds has "14" as a random number.....I forgot to change > > it.....I'll change it. > > Hi Steve. > The reason I was so interested in the "other" seven photo's was that I an > currently building a R/C model of the Chinese Turbo Tu-4 AWACS. See: > http://www.aviation.ru/contrib/dmaiorana/Ohio-2000/ > For pictures of my current flying Tu-4. > > There are also a lot more pictures of The Tu-4 AWACS ( taken by Henry Ng) > posted at: http://carlrobert.www9.50megs.com/tu_4_bull/tu_4_bull.htm > > Also, the Tu-4 article is located at: > http://www.airspacemag.com/ASM/Mag/Index/2001/FM/TU-4.html > > > The link you sent was very interesting....a very good article. I loved the > > panorama shot from under the wing. > > That shot is from under the wing of the Drone carrying Tu-4 > > Anyway, here are a lot of pictures I took of the B-29 "FiFi" about three years > ago at Selfridges Air National Guard base in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. FiFi was > on one of her tours and I got a tour of her inside and out. I also got to > climb up on the wing for some "modeler" shots. Some of the "modeler" shots > were taken with a camera mounted on a ten foot pole and triggered from the > ground. > > The last shot with flaps down ( and a difficult one to get) was taken by Steven > E. Kanyusik ( a W.W.II photographer in the Pacific) in texas at FiFi's home > hangar. > > Note: About ten years ago FiFi was restored and repainted a darker metallic > gray. As you find pictures of her she will be in two color schemes- light gray > and dark gray. > > Enjoy, > > George Maiorana > > > > > > > Steve Bamford > > Aircraft Resource Center > > http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "George Maiorana" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 11:29 AM > > Subject: Tu-4 Walkaround > > > > > Hi Steve, > > > > > > The Tu-4 walkaround says there are 14 pictures but only seven are > > > shown. ??? > > > > > > Anyway, this aircraft is located in the Chinese Aviation Museum in > > > Datang Shan, China about 60 km from Beijing. The Chinese bought some > > > Tu-4s from the Soviets and modified this one into an AWACS with radial > > > upgrades to Ivchenko AI-20 Turboprops. I believe it was one of a kind > > > for the AWACS version. There is another turbo Tu-4 there that was > > > modified to carry recon drones ( no radome). > > > > > > Air and Space did an article in Feb/March issue about the original > > > Soviet Tu-4. > > > > > > See: > > > http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/dispatches/09.24.aviation/ > > > for more info on it's location. > > > > > > George > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----