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Re: Worlds only airworthy B29 cleared to fly.
« Reply #30 on: July 13, 2010, 09:22:52 AM »
Quote from: WWhiskey on July 13, 2010, 05:43:42 AM
as of 5 30 am   i still don,t know if she will fly today,, the ffa seems to be acting up!

FIFI Flight Postponed 7/12/2010

Shannon Murray
CBS 7 News Staff
July 12, 2010
smurray@cbs7.com

The historic B-29 plane, FIFI, was supposed to take flight this morning.

However, weather and Federal Aviation Administration regulations prevented that from happening.The FAA is now requiring six crew members instead of four. The volunteer crew is stationed all over the country, making it difficult to call them in last minute.

To compensate those who came to watch the flight the Commemorative Air Force gave free tours of the cockpit. Crew Chief Dave miller says FIFI is the only flying B-29 left in the world and this piece of history is important to people all over the world.

"The preservation is very important… using it as more than a static display, to take it around and show it to people so they can hear it, and see it, and feel it and understand what the men and women who flew it really went through."

FIFI was produced in 1945, marking this year as her 65th birthday. $1.5 million has gone into restoring this plane, that is said to have ended WWII and saved millions of lives.

The CAF hopes to fly FIFI sometime this week. We will be giving updates as we receive them. If you have any questions about FIFI you can go to www.commemorativeairforce.org.


 I am not going to leave for midland till I get word she is gonna fly!


you know i was messin with ya on my last comment, right dude?
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Re: Worlds only airworthy B29 cleared to fly.
« Reply #31 on: July 13, 2010, 10:17:29 AM »
cc  LOL    fif was still in the hanger at 800 am   doubt she will fly today!
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Re: Worlds only airworthy B29 cleared to fly.
« Reply #32 on: July 13, 2010, 10:31:10 AM »
Quote from: WWhiskey on July 13, 2010, 10:17:29 AM
cc  LOL    fif was still in the hanger at 800 am   doubt she will fly today!

I only got the plane for 2 hours today anyways
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Re: Worlds only airworthy B29 cleared to fly.
« Reply #33 on: July 13, 2010, 11:24:13 AM »
Quote from: Tupac on July 13, 2010, 10:31:10 AM
I only got the plane for 2 hours today anyways
I may try again tomorrow
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Re: Worlds only airworthy B29 cleared to fly.
« Reply #34 on: July 13, 2010, 09:56:58 PM »
Quote from: WWhiskey on July 13, 2010, 11:24:13 AM
I may try again tomorrow

Im not scheduled to fly again till monday
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Re: Worlds only airworthy B29 cleared to fly.
« Reply #35 on: July 15, 2010, 09:51:42 PM »
    CAF B-29 Flight Delay Continues

CAF B-29 Flight Delay Continues

MIDLAND, TEXAS (July 15, 2010) –The Commemorative Air Force announced today that due to the heavy workload of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and recent accidents in the West Texas area, the FAA will not have the opportunity to complete the required certifications for the B-29 until the week of July 26th at the earliest.

“We will continue working with the FAA as their representative becomes available,” said CAF President and CEO Stephan Brown. The CAF member-volunteers have completed the necessary ground tests that make us confident that FIFI will have successful flights.”

The CAF hopes to complete the certification during the week of July 26 so that flight-testing can begin the week of Aug. 2, 2010.

 
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Re: Worlds only airworthy B29 cleared to fly.
« Reply #36 on: August 05, 2010, 09:27:46 PM »
Looks like she took to the skies today..  :rock

http://commemorativeairforce.org/?page=cms/event&eventID=79
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Re: Worlds only airworthy B29 cleared to fly.
« Reply #37 on: August 05, 2010, 09:31:33 PM »
I honestly don't ever want to see it in game but that WAS AWESOME!!!!  
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Re: Worlds only airworthy B29 cleared to fly.
« Reply #38 on: August 05, 2010, 11:05:56 PM »
That was the coolest thing ive ever seen. I had to play it again at full volume so i could appreciate the engines.
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