FIFI B29 tour

[treeslayer]

The B29 “FIFI” made a stop in town and went with my grandson on a tour, what a great experience to see a part of history 

[treeslayer]

And last week this group stopped by to practice for the EAA aircraft show in Oshkosh, P51 Mustangs and about 35 T8 Texans, flew over the house in formation many times, love the sound of a rotary engine

[JohnG]

Very cool. My grandfather flew a B-29 in the Korean conflict. When he was around 90 years old, my dad went with him to see Fifi, and he climbed up into the cockpit and sat in the pilot’s seat. 

[treeslayer]

for some reason the cockpit didn’t show up on the first post

[Mark J]

18 hours ago, treeslayer said:

love the sound of a rotary engine

Yeah, but you gotta love a Merlin, too

[Mark J]

Great photos, thanks for sharing those.

[Tom King]

I would have loved to have been able to do that.  The P-51 is one of my favorite planes.

Pam's Father was a medic on ships during WWII.  He was also the ship's photographer and after serving crossing the Atlantic countless times on troop transport ships, he was transferred to the Pacific.  We have a picture he took of the Enola Gay taking off in the night from Tinian island.  He said scuttlebutt was that no one knew what the mission was, but that it was "something big"

[treeslayer]

I actually had the honor of meeting Colonel Tibbets many years ago, he spoke in town here along with his navigator i think and some others, it was a pleasure to shake his hand and thank him for his service

[wtnhighlander]