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We are at the large Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. Most of the displays are of full sized airplanes and helicopters of the Armed Services. Here there is a display of a huge silvery B-29 Superfortress with its rounded front end and multipaned front windshield. This plane is in pieces with the tail cone and gun over on one side and the nose cone and pilot section facing you. Behind is the huge wing on its side. It will soon be all restored and reassembled in the near future. This was the largest of the WWII bombers made and had many new innovations like a pressurized cabin and special retractable landing gear. The four rear gun turrets were computer controlled (machine) and could be all operated by one person. This was the type of plane that dropped atomic bombs over Japan at the end of the war. That particular B-29 is in Washington DC.
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Wikipedia: It was one of the largest aircraft operational during World War II and featured state-of-the-art technology. Including design and production, at over $3 billion it was the single most expensive weapons project undertaken by the United States in World War II.
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I have a heart made of the material used on the nose cones, in the B29 . It was made in Renton, Wa. while my parents were working there. My dad asked a machinist to make a heart for my Mother, Which I have in my possession. I am curious to know what that clear material was. I have assumed that it was made of plexiglass. I have a great souvenir from Boeing Aircraft. Can you help me find out what that material was called ?
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If it is clear, it is either plexiglass or Lucite. If metal, it wa0s aluminum. If you want a definitive answer I would suggest you contact Boeing direct or one of the many aviation museums in the US.
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