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B-29 Doc.... yeah baby
- Thread starter Pyleit
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shortbus4x4
Junk collector
Yes please. AndGo ahead and nerd out with the plane info
You. I'm so jealous. What an experience. I've read some of the techy articles on the B29, like it cost more than the atomic bomb. The fire control they had for the guns was amazing.
Pyleit
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here you go.Go ahead and nerd out with the plane info
The B-29 Doc Story
what is Doc B-29 Superfortress? The B-29 Boeing Superfortress is a living piece of American history. B-29 Doc is restored, a flying museum. Learn more.
www.b29doc.com
shortbus4x4
Junk collector
What an experience!! So awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Donk
Piss Artist Formerly Known As OllieNZ
Does the FE control the mixture?Few more
Mike Honcho
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You have a death wish flying on a warbird!
Cool plane. I've done the tour at ICT
Cool plane. I've done the tour at ICT
Pyleit
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Yeah, FO was the PF on this flight and he was calling out power settings and the FE would set them.
XtremeJ
Wanker
Another vote for tech details.
Did you make machine gun noises from the gunners position? I would have.
What a lovely plane. My first 128 hours were on a Texan T6. Those vintage aircraft give me a woody.
Did you make machine gun noises from the gunners position? I would have.
What a lovely plane. My first 128 hours were on a Texan T6. Those vintage aircraft give me a woody.
brocolocoli
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I'm jealous, where do I gotta go to get a ride?
Pyleit
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Next 2 stops are chino CA and long beach CA. The other B29 is "Fifi" and she is flying in dallas in November.
More info
B-29 Doc | Doc's Friends | B-29 Superfortress | Restoring History
B-29 Doc is a restored B-29 Superfortress, and one of only two that are currently flying. Learn how to support the Doc's Friends organization.
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B-29 FIFI
FIFI was acquired by the CAF in the early 1970s when a group of CAF members found her at the U.S. Navy Proving Ground at China Lake, California where she was being used as a missile target. The airplane was rescued and restored and flew for over thirty years until 2006 when the chief pilot made...
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shortbus4x4
Junk collector
Are you going to frame them?
shortbus4x4
Junk collector
Defending the Superbomber: The B-29’s Central Fire Control System
Aeronautics curator Christophere Moore explores one important advancement on the B-29 Superfortress: its central fire control system.
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ANFAQUE2
Aircraft pron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!
Pyleit
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Yes, will print out a pic of us in the cockpit and put pic, passes, lanyards in a frame in my shop.
AKnate
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There's one not far from me scattered on the hillside of Bald Mtn and another a little was away "Bomber Glacier"
Crazy how they just left them where nowadays almost always recovered.
Was part of the C17 cleanup in 2010, picked up parts down to little specs.
Crazy how they just left them where nowadays almost always recovered.
Was part of the C17 cleanup in 2010, picked up parts down to little specs.
Fishbone333
Red Stiff Member
So cool.
shortbus4x4
Junk collector
IGT
Almost done
3-row radial right ? No Google. What does that crank even begin to look like ?
IGT
Almost done
Above is a 28 cylinder, four rows of 7
That is not the B-29 engine
I’ll let the OP tell about the B-29 engine
That is not the B-29 engine
I’ll let the OP tell about the B-29 engine