B 29 Flight to Oshkosh

The Big bird on an incredible flight. EAA Video Player - Your Source for Aviation Videos

I got to get inside FiFi back in the 80's as a kid at the old High on Kalamazoo airshows. I love that bird.

They just re-engined her with r3350s out of the Skyraiders... the old engines were metal chewing monsters that liked to catch fire, but the later models had all the bugs worked out.

I hope to see her in person sometime. Thanks for the link!

Do they sell rides in her??? I got to fly in a B-17 and if I got a chance I' sell a kidney (or a kid) to fly in a Superfortress.

yep they sell rides, she is based in midland tx

Great video. Looks like they leak like a deuce!

I was always fascinated that the Soviets had the gall to reverse engineer the ones that were forced to land in the USSR. They even re-engineered the same engine fire problem.

trooper632 said:

yep they sell rides, she is based in midland tx

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actually she lives in Addison now, a very very very generous donation of over $1mil was made to her restoration and part of the deal was moving FiFi to Addison airport.

I don't recall how much but the rides in FiFi are more expensive then other planes. It was here in Kansas City (actually Olathe) and I went to see it.

Lockheed used the 3350's in the Constellation and equipt them with a fire extinguishing system. I read it was the first plane to have an engine fire delibrately caused in flight to test the system. We have a L1049H (painted like a TWA G model) here. It is a beautiful plane.

Getting the support of Cavanaugh and moving to Addison was the best thing to happen to FiFi.....