"Doc" Flies Again

[Another Ahab]

I couldn't find a post about this by anybody yet, and just ran across this vid on YouTube. I figured I'd post it here:

- She sure is a Beauty.


https://youtu.be/CscShi3BV8Q

 

[Elideclan2]

And I thought my truck was cool!
back to the drawing board.

 

[Flyingvan911]

Beautiful. An amazing machine.

 

[jasonjc]

WOW 2 flying B-29's now. That's great.

 

[simp5782]

We all want a plane or helicopter. It is the ultimate MV. Me personally would have a hard time finding an inconspicuous place to park my B-36 near my home.

 

[Another Ahab]

We all want a plane or helicopter. It is the ultimate MV. Me personally would have a hard time finding an inconspicuous place to park my B-36 near my home.

Where there's a will (like from the Rich Uncle who leaves you a cool $10M), there's a way:

http://www.architecturendesign.net/...irport-with-2-runways-for-his-private-planes/
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[marchplumber]

Gotta love the "Peacemaker"!

(I got the nick name incorrect)

 

[Another Ahab]

Gotta love the "Peace Keeper"!

Do you mean the "Peacemaker", marchplumber?

It looked a lot like the B-29, but it was "next-gernation" and bigger (check out the comparison photo in this link here; second photo down):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker

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[marchplumber]

Do you mean the "Peacemaker", marchplumber?

It looked a lot like the B-29, but it was "next-gernation" and bigger (check out the comparison photo in this link here; second photo down):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker

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Most definitely correct!!

 

[CUCVLOVER]

That's Cool

 

[Another Ahab]

For a little book-match in the thread, here's a shot of "Doc's" sister ship "FiFi" also making a landing approach:


https://youtu.be/HOqP7brIjd8

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

An awesome aircraft indeed.

The restored airworthy fleet has just grown by 100%.

May God bless those who fly and maintain her and grant her a perfectly safe operational life. AMEN.

 

[PJL]

Wow, amazing. And if Darryl Greenamyer hadn't destroyed the Kee Bird there would be 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee_Bird

 

[Another Ahab]

Wow, amazing. And if Darryl Greenamyer hadn't destroyed the Kee Bird there would be 3.

I think there was one of General LeMay's raids over Osaka that involved more than 500 B-29's if you can imagine that sight. I would have loved to have seen that.

There were other single raids of 200, 300, and 400 B-29's', but I'm pretty sure that the Osaka raid was the biggest.

War is horrible stuff.

 

[Tracer]

First flight in 60 years.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Wow, amazing. And if Darryl Greenamyer hadn't destroyed the Kee Bird there would be 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee_Bird

After reviewing the original post and watching a bunch of stuff on Doc, I went back and watched the Nova special on the Kee Bird. It's still heartbreaking and an avoidable accident. For all we know, it's firey death may have saved lives. That was a bold initiative he had.
https://youtu.be/xRruUOjoeVc