Happy 93rd Birthday to our very own Connie Palacioz, an original 'Rosie the Riveter' who worked on the B-29 program when she was 17 years old...and then helped us restore
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We're pumping oil back into the massive R-3350 engines today following the winter maintenance oil change. By the way, each engine holds 70 gallons of oil and burns about 1.5 gallons of oil per flight hour.
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#aviation
#warbirds
Right. Out. The. Window. The
@BlueAngels
formed up with us for a photoshoot (and escort!) on our way into Sacramento from the
@calcapairshow
earlier today!
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Good morning, Fayetteville! It's another great day to experience history with
#B29Doc
! Ground and cockpit tours begin at 12:30 p.m., and we've added another ride flight to the schedule at 5:30 p.m. today
We are heartbroken following Saturday's accident at the CAF Wings Over Dallas airshow. Please join us in praying for the
@CAF1957
team, and the families and friends of those who were lost.
We're pretty sure photos simply don't get more epic than this: the XP-82 Twin Mustang and
@DocsFriends
soar over Lake Winnebago. Photo by Scott Slocum.
Beautiful. Both airworthy B-29 Superfortresses together in Great Bend, KS over the weekend. It. Was. Amazing. Thanks for sharing the sky with us,
@B29B24Squadron
, it was an honor!
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📷:
@brettphoto
We had a great day in Grand Island, NE, with two
#B29Doc
rides flights! Saturday is the Nebraska State Fly-in Airshow…and a couple more Doc ride flights. 📷:
@brettphoto
Bomb bay door testing 👍 And FYI, this test is performed annually as our winter maintenance inspection to ensure if we need to open or close the doors in flight, the system works.
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Meet Arthur Blackwell from Milledgeville, GA. He served on the USS Chicago CA-136, a heavy cruiser, during World War II. He was in Tokyo Harbor during the surrender flyover.
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#GreatestGeneration
#WWIIHistory
This is Jack Craig. Jack flew 33 combat missions during World War II as a radar operator on B-29, based in India and on Tinian Island. At 98-years-old, it was an honor to meet Jack during our visit to Georgetown, SC, in April. 📷:
@brettphoto
Last night, our
#B29Doc
spent the night in the Enola Gay hangar at the Historic Wendover Airfield. This is the hangar that Paul Tibbets and his team, and others, trained for atomic missions during WWII.
Hey
#Wichita
-- do NOT miss your chance to fly in
#B29Doc
this weekend! Only a few more sleeps until our ride flight weekend (Aug. 15 & 16). Only a couple of seats remain. Details here:
The
#B29Doc
annual winter maintenance continues and the team is working on the engine inspection. That means the occasional cylinder change on our CW-3350s. By the way, there are 18 cylinders per engine, 2 spark plugs per cylinder...so 144 spark plugs between all 4 engines!
There’s just something about this sound early in the morning ❤️👍🏻 Good morning,
#Knoxville
— two ride flights this morning and the ground and cockpit tours from 12 pm to 4 pm.
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#Saturday
#aviation