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B29 "Doc" roll out
Now we have 2 B29's "FIFI" and "Doc" [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]
http://www.b-29doc.com/wp-content/up...71-300x200.jpg B29 Doc roll out Rollout @ 2;29 scroll down to video Doc's friends |
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Awesome video Mike -- that #2 did not want to stay running ... boost pump issue?
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Way cool!
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That's really cool. I can't wait to see it take flight. I've seen Fifi at the Van Nuys air show and watched it fly. What a sound they make! Congratulations to the Doc team.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now we have 2 B29's "FIFI" and "Doc" [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]
</div></div> We would have had three if someone had secured the 5 gallon fuel cans for the auxiliary generator better than by using bungee cords. Still makes me sick! |
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KeeBird...I was just thinking of it too Rick. Cool story w/ a bad ending, here's some recent footage from the site shot last Nov... https://vimeo.com/106871067 Great to see Doc's soon ready to fly again...can't wait! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img] ~ Pete https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...dscrew1947.png |
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Just no excuse for what happened. Impatience at it's finest and with such an extraordinary bird.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpR2S_gu5I8 |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now we have 2 B29's "FIFI" and "Doc" [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]
</div></div> We would have had three if someone had secured the 5 gallon fuel cans for the auxiliary generator better than by using bungee cords. Still makes me sick! </div></div> Greenameyer was anxious to get it flying so he could make a grand entrance at that year's Reno Air Races. |
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Well he made a grand entrance all right....... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/thumbsdown.gif[/img]
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Is that the -29 that burned up on the ice -- seems they were taxing it? Saw a story on it once -- I think it was Discovery Channel or maybe the History Channel ... its been a number of years ago. TAZ
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now we have 2 B29's "FIFI" and "Doc" [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]
</div></div> We would have had three if someone had secured the 5 gallon fuel cans for the auxiliary generator better than by using bungee cords. Still makes me sick! </div></div> I had totally forgotten about the KeeBird Rick. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/mad.gif[/img] I wonder if there were any real A & P mechanics there [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] makes me wonder. |
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Yeah, that Nova episode, "B29 Frozen In Time" got me all built up only to have me crash at the outcome. That was just plain sad...
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My son and I went for a ride on FIFI last summer and it was money well spent!
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Fantastic! The B-17 Texas Raiders is based out of the Hooks Airport which is about 3 miles from my shop. I'm on the final for the one runway there, and I can be grinding away and hear the radials through my ear protection. I'll stop to go see it lumber overhead. I'm going to take my Dad up for a ride in it in the Spring. Thanks for posting Mike!
Cheers [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] |
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