FiFi The Last B-29 Flying

[LREYBURN]

This is just too cool not to post. Check it out!
Larry

Nice old airplane!
Grand old lady of the sky. The only flying B-29 left.

A SPECIAL PLANE, WHEN YOU REALIZE 3970 WERE BUILT BETWEEN 1943 AND 1946 AND NOW ONLY ONE IN FLYABLE CONDITION." My father was a Navigator on one of these babies and the sound of those engines when she takes off is just wonderful! When I was a kid I use to go to the Air Base and watch the planes take off for hours on end, but the sound of the 29’s engines is unmistakable!

Enjoy

To our friends who may not understand the passion we feel for planes and particularly planes from WWII, this is FiFi. It is the only flying B-29 StratoFortress in the world. This is one of the combat airplanes that flew from Iwo Jima, Saipan, Tinian islands to bomb Japan and help win the war. It was usually escorted by P-51 Mustangs to protect her from enemy fighters but many thousands of planes and aircrews were lost fighting for our country.

This happened at a time in history before we had long range missiles and electronics.
These planes were flown by men from our farms and cities who left their families at home and risked their lives in high altitude gun fights. It was up close, brutal and extremely dangerous but they risked it all to protect our country... Many never came home again. We love, respect and honor all of our veterans. But we also have a love affair with the planes. It is a permanent addiction for us so we preserve these wonderful aircraft so you can see and experience the marvelous machines that preserved our freedom.

We have completely rebuilt this aircraft and those powerful prop engines to bring FiFi back to life. It took years to accomplish, many thousands of donated dollars and thousands of hours of work by many unpaid volunteers to make this happen so that everyone can share this important part of our history. This is a unique flying museum.

If you get a chance to see her at an air show, don't pass up the chance. You are watching history and she is the only one left out of thousands. This is truly a rare aircraft. Enjoy the video.

Col. Tom Leo
Golden Gate Wing
"FIFI" First Flight with New Engines on Vimeo

Someone did a nice job of filming FiFi, the only flying B-29.

[mr bruce]

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[Jerry Clayton]

It was flying around in the area around DuPage Airport west side of Chicago over the week end before going north to OshKosh for the EAA show this week---I was outside Friday evening and heard the sound of it flying low on approach and then saw it sunday afternoon in the pattern at DuPage--didn't know it was the only one left flying , but it was a beautiful bird with an unforgetable sound --

[gsharapa]

Very Cool Larry............Thanks for posting!