Comments on: Last Super Fortress B-29 takes to the air https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/last-super-fortress-b-29-takes-to-the-air/ Sat, 18 Mar 2017 03:44:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Steve Earle https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/last-super-fortress-b-29-takes-to-the-air/#comment-972905 Sat, 18 Mar 2017 03:44:36 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=44553#comment-972905 I know there’s at least one more intact B-29 sitting on the bottom of Lake Mead…..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Lake_Mead_Boeing_B-29_crash

]]> By: ken anthony https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/last-super-fortress-b-29-takes-to-the-air/#comment-972380 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 21:56:22 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=44553#comment-972380 My stepdad was an A&P mechanic that once worked to restore a B-17. That thing was so tiny inside that a bigger person couldn’t fit in it’s stations. He found it very satisfying to work on something you could appreciate seeing after you were done. He was born in 1930 and could tell you any WW2 aircraft by the shadow it put on the ground.

]]> By: Steve Earle https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/last-super-fortress-b-29-takes-to-the-air/#comment-972369 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 21:21:29 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=44553#comment-972369 Thanks for the Link Mitch S. even though I can’t bear to watch it again….

All that effort and even a man’s life. And all to satisfy a boyhood fantasy, so sad.

Even the first time I watched the program (and I didn’t know yet how it would end) I remember yelling at the TV: “Cut the damn thing up and fly the pieces out to a nice dry hangar somewhere you idiots!!”

]]> By: Frank https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/last-super-fortress-b-29-takes-to-the-air/#comment-972354 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 19:39:31 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=44553#comment-972354 Thanks for that Mitch.
I value seeing the dedication and sacrifice of these men towards a noble goal, even if it wasn’t achieved.

]]> By: Mitch S. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/last-super-fortress-b-29-takes-to-the-air/#comment-972328 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 16:56:42 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=44553#comment-972328 Nice to see.
Funny how the reporter was awed by it’s size. Guess he never saw a B36!
Brings to mind the last time a B29 was brought back to flying condition… almost made it!
(heartbreaking)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds

]]> By: Joe https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/last-super-fortress-b-29-takes-to-the-air/#comment-972195 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 05:47:57 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=44553#comment-972195 Tough and sturdy in use, fragile with time and disuse, these are rare birds indeed! What the Enola Gay and Bockscar did to help end WWII saved so many lives for both America and Japan, and what the B-17’s and their crews did for Europe! These bueatiful aircraft should be preserved, they are national treasures..

]]> By: Frank https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/last-super-fortress-b-29-takes-to-the-air/#comment-972148 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 01:42:41 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=44553#comment-972148 Thanks George and Bob.

I grew up on the base at China Lake where this plane sat it the desert. A few of us base kids would ride our bikes out to the boneyard (avoiding the security guards) and play WWII in them, taking turns in the pilot seat and as gunners. Some of the big bombers still had radio logs, headsets, microphones, and all sorts of pieces that made the game even more real for this 8 year old kid. All we had to add were the sounds of the engines and cannons as we fought the enemy in the skies.

Its wonderful to see Doc restored and flying again. Thanks for bringing back the memory.

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