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I may be wrong but, with no knowledge, photo search tells it is Boeing Wichita Plant 
Source: About the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomber
Source: About the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomber
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cammerjeff
Tech Sergeant
At least I had the state right! Though I did have a one in 48 chance of that! 
MIflyer
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That is not the Boeing Wichita plant that built the B-29's. It is way too small. But Boeing owned the Stearman plant at Wichita plant and that is where PT-17, PT-13, etc, were built. So it makes sense the biplanes would be there and they no doubt needed a place to park B-29's being built at the B-29 plant. The area to the Right of the hangar is the Stearman factory building. Yes! I think that explains it!
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Yep . that's the Stearman factory that belonged to the Boeing plant in the Wichita, Kansas ...
the pic source:
LLOYD STEARMAN, WICHITA AIRMAN
THIS TITLE may sound as though I’m channeling a Glen Campbell song, but indeed I’m celebrating an aviation great who played a role in earning Wichita, Kansas, the title “Air Capital of …
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Stearman Plant, Wichita, Kansas - Kansas Memory - Kansas Historical Society
Kansas Historical Society
Revival! - King Air
In 1933 the Stearman Aircraft Company’s Model 73 biplane helped save the company and brought national recognition of Wichita, Kansas, as a major provider of commercial and military aircraft. Five years after the worst economic debacle in American history had gutted Wall Street and laid waste to...
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History | Company | Spirit AeroSystems
Spirit AeroSystems is built on almost 90 years of aviation experience. Many of the world’s greatest aviation pioneers have contributed to the Spirit legacy.
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MIflyer
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I went to McConnell AFB in 1977 to get their F-105's back in the air but I've never been to any of the aircraft factories there.
MIflyer
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Difficult to imagine the circumstances that engendered this.
cammerjeff
Tech Sergeant
Hey if the pilot kept the wings level the grounds keeper would have complained about him trimming the trees!
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
...and that's when tree leapt out in front of me, officer.
MIflyer
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That scene is probably a common occurrence for personal pleasure flights in Ukraine.
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manta22
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It appears that the monkey pilot did not fare too well....Aircraft crash experiment from the height of 100 meters on December 16, 1924.
The pilot was seriously injured
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Source: Aircraft Accidents Photo Records (1961)
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According to Lt. Colonel and Dr. Wakatsuki's report, the most noticeable external damage was limited to a nosebleed but fatal bleedings were found in the internal organs like heart, stomach, liver and meninges. The specimen (monkey) died several days later
Source: The Nippon Medical World (Jan.1925)
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I think we'd all love that poster.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I'm embarrassed at how many I missed. Glad I didn't have to qualify to register for the Forum.
MIflyer
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Soviet soldier with a rare Mercedes. Anyone recognize where this might be?
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
That's Stalin's new ride.
MIflyer
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Possibly. Rommel in North Africa rode around in a captured British Humber and Monty used a Fiesler Storch in France.
Beria found the Tokarev TT33 too uncomfortable to use to conduct his executions and adopted a Walter PPK for the job.
