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Overall view of FiFi

Some other outside pictures, btw, that is my daughter in some standing in for scale.

Some pictures of the inside in both the forward cockpit, where you could get up in and some in the tail section where i could just poke the camera in and take pictures.

Some other aircraft there at the exhibit:

This gentleman was in line with us for the cockpit tour. He worked on B-29s right after WWII at what would become Ellsworth AFB near Rapid City, SD. He also worked on B-36s and B-52s and when he was assigned to Dover AFB he worked on C-5s. Very nice fellow and had some cool stories about climbing into areas of the aircraft you wouldn't think would be accessible.

Great pics, Mike! [8D]

And, the bonus aircraft! There was a B-17 at this airport a couple of weeks ago. I got a tip from someone I know in the airport safety deparment that she had some maintenance difficulties and was at a remote location on the airport! I was not able to get near her but took these pictures from where I could.

Interesesting! I never, ever even suspected the '29 had 4-50's in its top forward turret!

Thanks! Great shots. Covered ALL angles.... Hal

excellent pics, thanks for sharing

Just noticed the USB port and the iPhone plug on the co-pilot panel. [:D]

Wow love the pictures! Thanks
Daryl

great post, great pics, thanks Nashvillen!

props also to Nashvillen's daughter for providing scale.

had to laugh, when I saw the pic of the older woman in the B-29 ball-cap, she's comfy in the pilot's seat, surrounded by top-level 1944 technology, chatting on her cell, a tech-level unimaginable to the guys that flew combat in the 29s.

your pic of the navigator's chart-table reminded me, these guys were taking sun/star-shots w/ a sextant, then doing manual math to figure what their position was awhile back when they took the shot, hopefully the errors were small.

now here we are, 69 years gone, & she can get a precise lat/long instantly from her cell.

One thing that always amazes me is how SMALL a B17 looks when sitting next to a B29!

Very cool pictures!
Thank you for sharing. [&o]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

One thing that always amazes me is how SMALL a B17 looks when sitting next to a B29!

Take a look at the B-29 sitting next to a B-36.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:B-36a ... ll1948.jpg

Great pic's , thanks for sharing.

Nice pics, especially of the interior. Thanks

Navigation by sextant and discovery of the jet stream. Now, that was a mission to scare them when they realized they weren't anywhere near where they were supposed to be. That was something my father mentioned that amazed because I never even thought of the time's technology.

ORIGINAL: rjopel

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

One thing that always amazes me is how SMALL a B17 looks when sitting next to a B29!

Take a look at the B-29 sitting next to a B-36.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:B-36a ... ll1948.jpg

Understood, but you always think of a B17 as BIG ... and it was ... until the B29 came along.

Hi all,

Thanks Mike!


Leo "Apollo11"

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

One thing that always amazes me is how SMALL a B17 looks when sitting next to a B29!

It is a very cramped aircraft. I walked through one in Loveland last year and was amazed at how SMALL the interior of the -17 was.