Aircraft in the movie "Memphis Belle", a hell of a good movie

this info is from Steve (Servicide.blogspot.com) who always amazes me with the stuff he knows or finds out about things I've posted.

The original B-17 had two different colors on the bathing suits - blue on the port side and red on the starboard side.
 The image was taken from George Petty's April 1941 pinup in Esquire magazine.

 The pilot, Robert Morgan had gotten Petty's phone number from the magazine and asked him for permission to reproduce the artwork. Petty was gracious and even thrilled to be a part of it. Corporal Tony Starcer, who was an artist in the Squadron, painted the images on the fuselage. Morgan had told Starcer, "I don't care what color you put on her bathing suit, as long as you put a bathing suit on her." When restored the first time, the pinups were repainted a bit too hefty (see the blue suit image).

 The current restoration is returning them to their wartime figures (red image),

 I saw the Memphis Belle on Mud Island in Memphis in 1987, just shortly after it went on display there.

The Justice Brothers racing museum and world headquarters (the lobby and office area)

 In the below photo, to the right of the door stickers, is a tiny buzzer switch, you have to buzz it, tell them you're there to see the museum, and you're in. Walk left to sign in with the secretary and begin your look around.

 Above is the front door.... not a lot of splash to advertise what's going on.. I figure if you see this and the following photo, you'll have a good idea how to find it. It's on the south side of the road, if you take the exit I did (the 605 north off the 210... and be warned, it's very weird) , you'll turn right and drive through Duarte a couple blocks before you get to it.

Justice Brothers World Headquarters & Racing Museum
2734 East Huntington Drive
Duarte, CA 91010 U.S.A.
Telephone: 626.359.9174
Toll Free:  800.835.8784
http://justicebrothers.com/pages/racing-museum/r&m_racingmuseum_directions.htm

 when you see this bell in the center divide, stop, look south, and bingo. Look for the below clock in front of their building

 Yeah, this vette and the other stuff is next to the printer/copier and the receptionists desks. Ain't that a cool place to work?

 here is the area right inside the front door. wowin the abo0ve photo to the right is the way to the receptionist/secretary

 I believe this Pitts airplane is similar to the one Betty Skelton flew http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/betty-skelton-duntovs-test-driver.html

 I don't know about Gordon Schroeder, but the Bell Auto Parts got my attention

 Oh... the above says "Mfd by Gordon Schroeder Burbank California" so maybe the Bell Auto Parts was a cooperative venture with Gordon and Bell

Cool things found in the blog "Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long"

 Beer run! Filling up belly tanks with beer for the guys that just stormed the beach at Normandy

 probably looks like any old tank at first, but then, did you see that there are 4 tracks? Not the usual two

 Peter Sellers

 yup, it's a real Bugatti, factory racer

 amphib plane, stored in a hanger because getting it flying would take 2 fortunes and a winning mega millions lotto ticket

the 1936 Henderson before the restoration http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/07/1936-henderson-at-rhinebeck-grand.html

 a new image of the Count de Sakhnoffsky designed been truck, and this is a info card that was handed out at the trucks display... front above, and the reverse side below . For the gallery: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/09/extraordinary-designer-of-automotive.html

 terrific album cover art

 the cat tracks added onto the tractor give it so much more traction

a wheel pattern only used on Canadian trains, it looked familiar to me, and I remembered the train at the Nethercutt museum http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/private-pullman-palace-railcar-century.html

For the write ups of these photos, and so much more, including tools, munitions factories, Canadian museums, great things that were made in US and Canada, and extremely researched written descriptions of inventors and inventions: http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.ca/