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Old 10-31-2011, 09:07 PM
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Old 11-01-2011, 09:29 AM
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WOW !! got goosebumps watching this.... I've always loved these big birds, had models when a kid , b-29 , b-17 , b-25. Father and uncle were both in WW2, uncle flew a few of theses beasts. Loved hearing him talking about them . Cannot beat the sound of a radial engine passing overhead. I guess my oneday dream, besides a garage fulla old ponchos ,would be to fly a B-25, gotta love that one, old Jimmy Doolittle got some to fly off a carrier...talk about your "can-do" attitude..lol

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Old 11-01-2011, 02:52 PM
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Sorta related:
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Old 11-01-2011, 03:06 PM
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She is a treat to see seeing she's the only B-29 in the world that flies, and gives rides too. I've been up close and even inside when she's been at MAAM in Reading, PA for the WWII Weekend.

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sweet airplane love seeing the old planes and imagining how things were in the past to fly them. It was a surprise to see aaron tippin flying airplanes and not playing some country music.

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Old 11-01-2011, 07:25 PM
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sweet airplane love seeing the old planes and imagining how things were in the past to fly them. It was a surprise to see aaron tippin flying airplanes and not playing some country music.
You can't imagine.I have 10 more missions in the 909 before i can "go home".

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Old 11-01-2011, 11:01 PM
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Awesome vids!

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I got to sit in that airplane at a CAF airshow back in the '70's. I also met and got to have dinner with Col. Paul Tibbets! Heady stuff for a 13 year old airplane freak!

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