dunno if you guys knew this, but there is a b-29 in the process of being restored at the SAC Museum
There is another B-29 I have not seen mentioned yet, and if you have extra cash or some really good credit she could be all yours. It is on the Aero Trader site being offered for sale, along with offering to restore her to airworthy for an unspecified $$$, depending on level of restoration.
There have been Gatherings of Mustangs, Mitchells and Fortresses- wouldnt it be awesome to see couple or more Superforts share the same airspace!!!??
$1,500,000 !?!
Deattilio, I whish you didn’t post that. Now I’m going to drive my family crazy, bugging them about if I can get a 1/1 scale B-29.
Do you think they would take a $60.00/month payment plan?
EDIT: where did they get it from? it looks like it’s been sent through a flak barage.
Static display B-29s
Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Georgia, # 44-87627
VFW, Cordele, Georgia, # 42-93967
Dobbins AFB, Georgia, “Sweet Louise” # 44-70113
Wichita, Kansas, “Doc”, # 44-69972, being restored to airworthy condition
Travis AFB, Fairfield, California, “Miss America 62” # 42-65281
Castle AFB Museum, Merced, California, “Raz’n Hell” # 44-61535
March AFB Museum, Riverside, California, “Flag Ship 500” # 44-61669
Pima Museum, Tucson, Arizona, “Sentimental Journey” # 44-70016
SAC Museum, Ashland, Nebraska, “Man-O-War” # 44-84076
8th AF Museum, Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, Louisiana, # 44-87627
Udvar-Hazy, Dulles Airport, Virginia, “Enola Gay” # 44-86292, atomic bomb participant
Pueblo-Weisbord Aircraft Museum, Pueblo, Colorado, “Peachy”, # 44-62022
New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Conneticut, “Jack’s Hack” # 44-61975
CAF, Midland, Texas, “FIFI” # 44-61975, only airworthy B-29
Whiteman AFB, Missouri, “The Great Artiste” # 44-61671, atomic bomb participant
National Atomic Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, # 45-21748, “Duke of Albuquerque”, atomic test participant
American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale, New York
USAF Museum, Dayton, Ohio, “Bockscar”, # 44-27297, atomic bomb participant
Tinker AFB Musem, Oklahoma City, OK, “Tinker Heritage”, # 44-27343
Ellsworth AFB Museum, Rapid City, South Dakota, “Legal Eagle II”, # 44-87779
Hill AFB Museum, Ogden, Utah, “Haggerty’s Hag”, # 44-86408
Museum of Flying, Seattle, Washington, “T-Square 54” # 44-69729
Lackland AFB Museum, San Antonio, Texas, # 44-62220
Darwin, O.F. [aln]
All aircraft owned by the National Museum of the USAF at Dayton and NASM in Washington, DC, have been or will be restored to airworthy condition, but they are not permitted to fly IAW museum regulations. This includes most, if not all of the aircraft in museums at military installations, present and former around the US. Obviously, there are a few exceptions, such the B-36, B-52s, some SR-71s, etc. The B-36 had a lot of magnesium used in it’s construction. This material has deteriorated to the point of not being airworthy and it is not possible to forge new parts for some of those huge pieces. Most of the SR-71s were chopped into pieces, ie the wing spars were cut in two for easier transportation to the museums. This procedure rendered the planes permanently non-airworthy. The SR-71s at Beale, Castle, Riverside, Edwards, Palmdale, NASM and Warner Robins were flown to those locations under their own power and it would be theoretically possible to fly them again.
Aircraft that are owned by private organizations such as Confederate (Commerative) Air Force, The Collings Foundation, Planes of Fame at Chino, etc can be flown if the owners choose to do so.
Darwin, O.F. [aln]
The Enola Gay has been fully restored and has been in its fully assembled state since the Udvar-Hazy center opened. She’s on stilts, so has to put other warbirds under her to capitalize the room. Like all aircraft at the NASM, she is restored to flying condition (or close to as possible), but will never fly again.
Like mentioned earlier the Memphis Belle will be restored to a flying condition, but will never fly again. The same goes for the B-17D “The Swoose” which also being restored along side the Belle.
Now I really got to start playing the lottery so I can purchase this bird!! How long will it be for sale? Might take me a while to win [;)]
B17Pilot,
if you win the lottery, and do purchace that B-29 with your winnings, may I help with the restoration?
I’ve also got a serious mechanical know-how side to me that would let me be perfict for a ground crewman. ( mabe that’ll help me cure my fear of flying[:)])
Wait a minute, were going how far in the air!?[:|]
Absoluely, any and all help would be appreciated.
Now does anybody have any lucky numbers?
Best way to get over the fear of flying, is well fly! I bet your fear of flying will be cured when you take a ride in that B-29 once restored.
Is that the one in Wichita, KS? Or you talking about another one?
I’m not sure about everyone elses lucky numbers, but I know mine is #3 (except with a deck of cards, then it’s the Ace of Spades. I don’t think they have that in lotto, unfortunately)
For the fear of flying, now that I think about it, I’m terryfied to even get close to an airplane. Quite odd, since I love it when an airshow comes to town, or when the EAA has a bomber fly-in. I can’t wait to go and explore the aaircraft, but when someone mentions the word “flight” I take flight back to the car. I’ve only flew twice, both times in helicopters for less than15 minutes.
Mabe it’ll help if I stop watching shows like Secconds from Disaster, or Air Emergency[:|]
You are talking about two different airplanes. The one in Wichita, Kansas is # 44-69972 and has the nose art “DOC”. It is privately owned and being restored to airworthy condition, if they can solve money and engine problems. The one in the SAC museum at Ashland, Nebraska is # 44-84076 and has the nose art, “Man-O-War”. It is being restored to static display condition only. All of the aircraft at the SAC museum are, “on loan” from the USAF museum at Dayton and fall under their rule of “no flying”.
Darwin, O.F. [aln]