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What’s Up, ‘Doc’? – Fundraiser Aims to Return WW2 B-29 to the Skies
Published Date: 28 September, 2015
“Cash raised will cover the cost of getting the four-engine bomber into the air.” FIFI, THE WORLD’S only airworthy Boeing B-29 bomber, may soon be getting some company if a Kansas-based Kickstarter funding campaign reaches its target….
Meet “Fi Fi” – The Last Surviving B-29 Bomber
Published Date: 6 June, 2013
Between 1943 and 1946, the Boeing company manufactured 3,970 B-29 heavy bombers. Today only one is still flying. Her name is “Fi Fi”. This weekend, residents of Reading, Pennsylvania will get a chance to see…