Dan5000 Loc: New Hampshire

One of the last flying B29's, owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Nice plane!

newsguygeorge Loc: Victoria, Texas

Good capture.

kpsk_sony

Nice photos of a deadly bird. Didn’t that used to be the confederate Air Force? I’m glad they’ve given up rising again. They do a nice job maintaining these older planes. I’ve seen others and I’m looking forward to the air show coming to Kansas City in a few months.

Dan5000 Loc: New Hampshire

Yes they have changed their name. They do a great job maintaining and promoting these aging aircraft. Nice to see them fly.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Great series. I hate to say it, but I don't like to see those old planes flying. Every so often, one of them crashes, and their number is reduced by one.

Dan5000 Loc: New Hampshire

Not to mention the loss of life. It's a tough call.

Hereford Loc: Palm Coast, FL

Nicely captured photos. How nice it is to see one of these great planes still flying. As a child I recall watching these great bombers flying over the farm. They were stationed at the nearby WW-II base in Grand Island, NE. Lots of nostalgia for me.

L-Fox

gsmith051 Loc: Fairfield Glade, TN

The B-29 has a lot of history and will miss seeing it fly. Thanks for set.

tramsey Loc: Texas

Great shots and series -

Do you remember when that was a giant plane? The biggest thing that could ever fly? Now it sits under the wing of a C5M and almost disappears

Dan5000 Loc: New Hampshire

It was the first to be pressurized and have a computer controlled firing system.

Annie-Get-Your-Gun Loc: Byron Center, Mi

Super captures of the B29's, Dan.

flip1948 Loc: Hamden, CT

I remember as a kid looking at my father's photo album from WW2. He flew in a B-29 stationed in India. They flew "over the hump" (Himalayas) to run bombing missions in China. I loved looking at all of the pics featuring "nose art". I have no idea what happened to that album after my father passed away.

On their way to India they had a two week layover in North Africa. When they got to Africa there was another B-29 there that had been waiting for a part for a number of weeks. They took the part off my father's plane, thus the two week layover. He had a number of pics of the crew lounging by the hotel swimming pool playing with monkeys.

He also had a number of pics of the Taj Mahal when they finally got to India.

He was the gunner in the top turret just in front of the tail. We asked him if he ever shot down any planes. He thought he might have gotten one, but was unsure because "they came at you so fast".

Several years ago I found the history of his plane online. They ended up flying 18 missions which earned them the Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters (one for every 5 missions). Two more would have gotten them the Distinguished Flying Cross.

One thing I found strange was that the Captain that flew the plane back to the States was not their regular Captain. However, my father had already passed away so I couldn't find out why.

On the way back home they stopped at Tinian while the A-bombs were there, on their way to ending the war.

One of these days I might post an interesting story about my uncle who was a bombardier on a B-17. I believe the Confederate Air Force had the last one of those that was still flying.

Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

Nice set and photos Dan. FiFi is one of two B29's still flying, the other one is Doc.

According to Wikipedia, out of the almost 4000 B29's built, there are only 26 left (24 in the U.S.), most of which are either on static display or in storage. There are 3 others that are being restored, but not sure if they intend to fly any of those three or put them on display.