Restored B-29 (Page 2): My Dad worked on B-29's and other planes as an AAC mechanic at Roswell and Carslbad AAC bases during WW II. Growing up we had a B-29 piston in our garage, a...

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Oct 21, 2020 16:20:48 #

Big Yankee Fan

My Dad worked on B-29's and other planes as an AAC mechanic at Roswell and Carslbad AAC bases during WW II. Growing up we had a B-29 piston in our garage, a massive heavy thing useful as a paperweight or holding down just about anything. I'd give just about anything to know where it is.

Oct 21, 2020 18:24:57 #

mtcoothaman Loc: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

dennis2146 wrote:

here is one that will make you proud.

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Sent: 10/13/2020 2:40:21 PM Eastern Standard Time
Subject: B-29 restored after many years and flights

https://mortefontainevillage.pagesperso-orange.fr/marcbrecy/b29.html

This brought tears of pride to my eyes.

Dennis

Not permitted for viewing in Australia!

Oct 21, 2020 23:54:55 #

pacman Loc: Toowoomba, Qld, Australia.

Same experience.

Oct 22, 2020 00:08:16 #

GeneV Loc: Lampasas, Texas

Back in 1951 I attended the R-3350 Compound engine maintenance school at Chanute AFB. We received training in the classroom, in the engine test cell, and on the B-29. They had all four engines on the aircraft but the wings were clipped off just outboard of the two outboard engines. The instructors would induce some failure/problem in the engine and we had to trouble shoot and determine the problem. I had a ball doing that especially on the aircraft. The engine was a real oil slinger and the test cells were a slippery mess. After graduation I was assigned to Sewart AFB, some 20 miles out of Nashville, Tennessee to the 314th Troop Carrier Wing. When I arrived there wasn't a R-3350 on the base. Mainly C-119 troop carriers. However, shortly the R-3350s started arriving for installation on the C-119s. The first job we had in the Engine Buildup shop was to check and adjust all the valve clearance on all 36 cylinders. It was a fun job but on Christmas eve, 1954, I gladly was discharged to go back to college.

Oct 22, 2020 00:52:29 #