Dad was a flight engineer on a B-29 based on Guam and Tinian (sp?) that was configured for recon only. The bomb bay was loaded with cameras and there were only two operable turrets and a tail gun.
We used to walk through the B-29 fuselage at the museum at Wright Patterson AFB when I was a kid and get an earful about the airplane. I wish I could do it with him one more time. Dan --- On Fri, 10/17/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] which old airplane? > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 11:01 PM > > ...B-17 - fast??? Large? Heavy? Yeah, I know - > it's all relative and for > > its > > "time.".... > > > That was a wrong guess. As I posted earlier today, it's > the B-29. And it's > significant because of the Enola Gay. > > I spent two hours last week with a friend getting the VIP > tour of Boeing's > restored and airworthy B-17 and Seattle's Museum of > Flight's B-29. I learned a > lot. > > RLE > > > > > > ************** > New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > destination. > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002) > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
