A labor of love by Boeing employees and suppliers brought new life -- and a 21st-century paint job -- to a World War II-era B-25J Mitchell bomber in 1999. Forty-seven Boeing employees in St. Louis, including managers, engineers, artists and members of the International Association of Machinists, worked 600 hours over a two-week period to make the twin-engine aircraft look new. Working after hours, they washed down the aircraft and applied about 20 gallons of paint to the wings, the fuselage, the engines, the nose art and the markings. The restored B-25, named "Show Me," is owned by the Missouri Chapter of the Confederate Air Force, an organization dedicated to the preservation of combat aircraft flown from 1939 to 1945. The aircraft is pictured here in 2004 on the Boeing McAir Ramp in St. Louis.