Hi Bill. You speak of B-36 huge. I will agree with you. When I
arrived at Wright Field in 1951, there was a "boneyard" near the end of
the flight line that contained parts removed from airplanes to permit
the installation of experimental replacements. The largest and most
recognizable part was the entire nose section of a B-36. It dwarfed all
of the other parts around it.
On 7/4/21 2:21 PM, Pearce, Wilfred via olympus wrote:
It is a great airplane and a fine restoration, here in the birthplace of Doc.
Some of the volunteers who worked tirelessly on the restoration were also
workers on the airplane originally.
It is big, but not huge, not B36 huge. There is an article in one of the
aviation history magazines on the B36 currently, and it shows a photo of a B29
alongside the B36. With both tails lined up, the B29 doesn't even reach as far
as the trailing edge of the B36 wing. But the B29 was the peak of piston
engined bombers, despite wom teething problems, while the B36 was a swan song.
I have a bit of emotional attraction to the B29, as without it I might not be
here. My father was an engineer on the original V29 program, so was a protected
jpb. sp he didn't go to WWII, and I was born in '46.
If you find your way to Doc's home, don't miss it, in a hanger on the Wichita
Airport grounds. The back of the hanger contains a largely glass wall, so you
can see it night or day.
Bill
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Hi Chris,
I agree. I was stationed at Wright-Patterson in the early 1950s and was
accustomed to seeing B-36s and C-124s, and hearing them overhead, so the
B-29 did not appear that large to me. But, it was pressurized, a major
improvement over previous bombers, and carried a good load for a long haul.
On 7/4/21 8:32 AM, chris3trask--- via olympus wrote:
Surprisingly, the B-29 is not at all large. There is a restored one down in
Tucson in a hangar beside a B-17, and it's surprising to see that the B-29 is
not much larger.
On Saturday, July 3, 2021, 3:36:38 PM MST, Jim Nichols
<jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I keep up with airplane activity, though I am currently housebound. The
first is a photo of "Doc", one of two Boeing B-29s still flying, thanks
to a lot of work by a dedicated group of volunteers. My son shot this
with his Panaleica last weekend at an airshow, and did the
post-processing. I could not match his results.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210626-B29_Enhanced_20210626.JPG.html
The second image is a screen shot of the FlightAware screen showing the
activity of a Twin Otter jump plane today, the first day of a holiday
weekend. At the time I recorded it, it had made ten flights, with
probably more to go.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210703-Screen+Shot+2021-07-03+at+4_57_59+PM.JPG.html
Happy 4th of July Weekend.
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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