FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1944 BOEING PLANE TALK 5

A Boeing-Wichita B-29 in Flight Above the Kansas Plains

 

 

THE NOISE OF RIVET GUNS AND DRILLS has invaded the Plant | paint room. Principal activity TYPICAL OF CONVERSION AT PLANT | is this scene in what once was Primary Assembly.
is making. B-29 stabilizer assemblies. PT painting is now done in part of the old dope room Instead of long rows of PT's, B-29 stabilizer spars now dominate the picture

     

PLANT | OFFICES WERE ALSO AFFECTED by B-29 conversion program.
Biggest change was moving of cafeteria from second to first floor where
Planning and Dispatching and part of Engineering were located. Expedite,
Production, Material Control and Tooling departments now occupy second
floor. Cafeteria still features good food

LEFT: PLANT I FINAL ASSEMBLY is now a forest of heavy B-29 jigs. Single
row of PT's is squeezed in far corner. Bridge-like jigs in distance are for
B-29 stabilizers. Stabilizer span is 43’3”; PT wing span is 32'2”

BROAD PARKING APRON across from
Plant Il is busy spot 24 hours a day.
Here B-29's get final check-ups before
delivery to the Army. Familiar sounds
are deep-throated roar of Superfortress
engines, staccato of plane's machine
guns and cannon during armament
tests. View is from south end of apron