"Doc" Flies Again

Another Ahab · Jul 22, 2016

I couldn't find a post about this by anybody yet, and just ran across this vid on YouTube. I figured I'd post it here:

- She sure is a Beauty.

https://youtu.be/CscShi3BV8Q

Elideclan2 · Jul 22, 2016

And I thought my truck was cool!
back to the drawing board.

Flyingvan911 · Jul 22, 2016

Beautiful. An amazing machine.

jasonjc · Jul 22, 2016

WOW 2 flying B-29's now. That's great.

simp5782 · Jul 22, 2016

We all want a plane or helicopter. It is the ultimate MV. Me personally would have a hard time finding an inconspicuous place to park my B-36 near my home.

Another Ahab · Jul 22, 2016

simp5782 said:
We all want a plane or helicopter. It is the ultimate MV. Me personally would have a hard time finding an inconspicuous place to park my B-36 near my home.

Where there's a will (like from the Rich Uncle who leaves you a cool $10M), there's a way:

http://www.architecturendesign.net/...irport-with-2-runways-for-his-private-planes/

marchplumber · Jul 22, 2016

Gotta love the "Peacemaker"!

(I got the nick name incorrect)

Another Ahab · Jul 22, 2016

marchplumber said:
Gotta love the "Peace Keeper"!

Do you mean the "Peacemaker", marchplumber?

It looked a lot like the B-29, but it was "next-gernation" and bigger (check out the comparison photo in this link here; second photo down):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker

marchplumber · Jul 22, 2016

Another Ahab said:
Do you mean the "Peacemaker", marchplumber?

It looked a lot like the B-29, but it was "next-gernation" and bigger (check out the comparison photo in this link here; second photo down):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker

Most definitely correct!!

CUCVLOVER · Jul 22, 2016

That's Cool

Another Ahab · Jul 22, 2016

For a little book-match in the thread, here's a shot of "Doc's" sister ship "FiFi" also making a landing approach:

https://youtu.be/HOqP7brIjd8

USAFSS-ColdWarrior · Jul 23, 2016

An awesome aircraft indeed.

The restored airworthy fleet has just grown by 100%.

May God bless those who fly and maintain her and grant her a perfectly safe operational life. AMEN.

PJL · Jul 24, 2016

Wow, amazing. And if Darryl Greenamyer hadn't destroyed the Kee Bird there would be 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee_Bird

Another Ahab · Jul 25, 2016

PJL said:
Wow, amazing. And if Darryl Greenamyer hadn't destroyed the Kee Bird there would be 3.

I think there was one of General LeMay's raids over Osaka that involved more than 500 B-29's if you can imagine that sight. I would have loved to have seen that.

There were other single raids of 200, 300, and 400 B-29's', but I'm pretty sure that the Osaka raid was the biggest.

War is horrible stuff.

Tracer · Jul 25, 2016

First flight in 60 years. :beer:

Recovry4x4 · Jul 25, 2016

PJL said:
Wow, amazing. And if Darryl Greenamyer hadn't destroyed the Kee Bird there would be 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee_Bird

After reviewing the original post and watching a bunch of stuff on Doc, I went back and watched the Nova special on the Kee Bird. It's still heartbreaking and an avoidable accident. For all we know, it's firey death may have saved lives. That was a bold initiative he had.
https://youtu.be/xRruUOjoeVc

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