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    B29 and B25 on the tarmac

    I had the luck to find out that several ww2 aircraft would be in the area on display and jumped at the chance to check them out! The B29 is the only remaining flyable one in existence apparently. The B25 is part of a local museum that I just learned about.

    View the B29 flyover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYngHFVyNtM









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    Collector of French ww2-era insignia.

    #2
    Awesome

    Rob

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      #3
      I just saw the B-29 at WWII Weekend in Reading PA. It was there the weekend of June 4th. What an awesome experience! Thanks for the great pictures!

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        #4
        Happy to share!

        One interesting think I noticed was that almost as soon as the B29 landed they shut down the exterior engines and moved around the strip on the 2 internal engines.

        Was this common practice back in the day, or just something of more modern invention, possibly to ease use of the aircraft?
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          #5
          Very nice to see these warbirds still going! I personally view the B-25 as one of my favorite american bombers of the war and I really like the camo scheme on this one. The B-29 though is an amazing experience. There is one at a museum roughly an hour away from me and my boy scout troop got to help clean it. I missed out though

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            #6
            Amazing! You guys are so lucky to have a B29 flying around your country

            I wonder if it could cross the Atlantic some day

            Nick

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              #7
              Originally posted by scotty1418 View Post
              Happy to share!

              One interesting think I noticed was that almost as soon as the B29 landed they shut down the exterior engines and moved around the strip on the 2 internal engines.

              Was this common practice back in the day, or just something of more modern invention, possibly to ease use of the aircraft?
              Honestly I did not take notice to that, I guess it could be something they did to ease use. But, one thing I did find interesting was that some genius standing a couple people down from us was smoking a cigarette on the tarmac. Now I am a smoker and this is perhaps one of the dumbest things you can do considering you are around thousands of gallons of fuel. A guy from the event went up to him and told him to put it out that normally it is not much of a problem but there was a fuel leak on one of the engines. Now I guess it could not have been that bad or they would not have been flying it. Maybe the guy was full of it too and just wanted the idiot to put out the cigarette......who knows???


              Originally posted by panzer224 View Post
              Very nice to see these warbirds still going! I personally view the B-25 as one of my favorite american bombers of the war and I really like the camo scheme on this one. The B-29 though is an amazing experience. There is one at a museum roughly an hour away from me and my boy scout troop got to help clean it. I missed out though
              B-25's are my favorite too man. I got to go up in the Collins foundation B-25 a couple years ago, and it literally was one of the best days of my life.

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                #8
                Originally posted by scotty1418 View Post
                Happy to share!

                One interesting think I noticed was that almost as soon as the B29 landed they shut down the exterior engines and moved around the strip on the 2 internal engines.

                Was this common practice back in the day, or just something of more modern invention, possibly to ease use of the aircraft?
                Save that 100 octane fuel!

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                  #9
                  One of these days it would be nice if they could get the B-29 out here on the west coast. I have been very fortunate to fly in all three of the Collings Foundation bombers and have been able to view a couple more WWII bombers that have made the trip out here to the coast of Central California. I was fortunate to have toured the B-17 (Liberty Bell) before it was lost this past weekend. I would very much like to see the 29 up close.

                  Chet
                  Zinc stinks!

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                    #10
                    Chet,

                    Check out the museum in Palm Springs - the best I've seen and growing!
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                    Collector of French ww2-era insignia.

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                      #11
                      Scotty,
                      It is well over a seven hour drive for me but I have been there twice. Superbly restored aircraft that are all capable of flight. However, no B-29 unless it has been added within the last two years.

                      Chet
                      Zinc stinks!

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                        #12
                        Hi Chet,

                        You're right - no B29 there - recent additions are a C47 and a Catalina.
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                        Collector of French ww2-era insignia.

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