Building A New Flight Computer

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is one of the most historically important airplanes ever made. But did you know its guns were remote controlled through a computer system? The Museum of Flight’s B-29 has been painstakingly restored, including the computers controlling the airplane’s turrets. As far as we know, this is the only B-29 in existence with a working computer system – and our Senior Curator Matthew Burchette is here to share a demonstration! The restoration of “T Square 54” has taken decad