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Title: FiFi
Post by: Zoney on February 23, 2015, 04:58:48 PM

The Beautiful B29 will be in Phoenix at Deer Valley Airport this week. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  She will be at Mesa Falcon Field Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  I'm going........................ ......

Title: Re: FiFi
Post by: mbailey on February 23, 2015, 05:16:19 PM

If you have a chance go see her. My boy and I saw her at the Reading WWII weekend a few years back   She is a sight to behold for sure

Title: Re: FiFi
Post by: rpm on February 23, 2015, 06:58:47 PM

Sure she goes out of town to visit a flash her tail at the boys, but she always comes home to me. :neener:

Title: Re: FiFi
Post by: Slash27 on February 23, 2015, 07:42:05 PM

http://www.warbirdsnews.com/category/warbird-restorations/b-29-doc

She'll have company very soon.

Title: Re: FiFi
Post by: hgtonyvi on February 24, 2015, 02:27:31 PM

I can simply Watch it in ACes high lol.

Title: Re: FiFi
Post by: Zoney on February 24, 2015, 04:33:39 PM

I spent my lunch hour admiring her, absolutely magnificent.  Not as big as I imagined but twice as scary/deadly as I had dreamed.  As I walked toward her, I had tears in my eyes.

Place was packed, very long lines to walk through her.

I was in line to pay the $10 entry fee and behind me in a wheel chair is an elderly gentleman being pushed by what I had to assume was his daughter who was probably 70.  He was wearing a hat that read, "B29 Crew" on it.  I leaned in to the guy taking the money and asked "Does everyone pay the $10 dollar fee" and moved my eyes toward the guy behind me.  He said yes, so I was honored to pay for him too.  There are some things that are priceless.

 :salute Every single one of "The Greatest Generation".  Thank you for the freedom I have and enjoy.

Title: Re: FiFi
Post by: Drano on February 24, 2015, 05:23:16 PM

It sounds awesome too.

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Title: Re: FiFi
Post by: STXAce8 on February 25, 2015, 05:47:24 PM

I am going to have to find my pictures from flying in it, I lost all my videos and pics of both my p51 and fifi ride when I destroyed my phone :/.

Title: Re: FiFi
Post by: Nypsy on February 26, 2015, 06:39:26 AM

She landed here in NJ at Teterboro while in transit to an airshow. The ground crew were great. I parked my car walked out to the flight-line and asked if I could get up close and they said sure. I spent an hour talking to them and crawling all over that airplane.
This was before 9/11. Today if I tried walking out to the flight-line it might not end pretty.
(http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q586/eggshen2912/1109p_fifi_top_zps7lgjxbo7.jpg) (http://s1165.photobucket.com/user/eggshen2912/media/1109p_fifi_top_zps7lgjxbo7.jpg.html)