B-29A Superfortress "It's Hawg Wild" ~ In close up .....

APG85 · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 6:52 pm

Taigh Ramey wrote:

44-61748 is about as close as any museum B-29 is to flying. As I said anything is possible and all it takes is cubic dollars's, squared, and the motivation and interest to get it done.

Do it...do it NOW! :lol:

RAMC181 · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 7:21 pm

Might need to extend the runway at Duxford a tad to get her off though... :wink:

PB

Taigh Ramey · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 7:40 pm

I remember there was a concern with bringing the B-29 in to Duxford because they had shortened the runway for the new motorway. I think this is why the B-29 landed first at Mildanhall. Skip Cregier, the pilot, checked out Duxford first and they lightened up the Superfort as much as possible for the last hop from Mildenhall to Duxford. There is some cool video on the internet on this landing as I recall. Skip was a real whiz with the B-29 especially considering Hawg Wild was his first and only B-29 time.

rcaf_100 · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 7:51 pm

Here's some footage of the landing in 1980. Not the greatest quality, but it sure is cool! :supz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPgz3P8q1VM

:partyman:

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 8:05 pm

Taigh Ramey wrote:

I remember there was a concern with bringing the B-29 in to Duxford because they had shortened the runway for the new motorway. I think this is why the B-29 landed first at Mildanhall. Skip Cregier, the pilot, checked out Duxford first and they lightened up the Superfort as much as possible for the last hop from Mildenhall to Duxford. There is some cool video on the internet on this landing as I recall. Skip was a real whiz with the B-29 especially considering Hawg Wild was his first and only B-29 time.

thanks for the great info!

bomberflight · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 12:34 pm

I've seen the comments about the restoration of the interior ~ so I decided I'd take some pix today thru the open pilots window

I'm not sure I'd have ever thought about doing that without this thread !

:wink:

Taigh Ramey · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 3:04 pm

She looks a little better than she did :wink:

Here is one of my favorite shots of It's Hawg Wild. It's my Dad getting some stick time on the way to Greenland. My Dad navigated Hawg Wild across the Atlantic just like he did in WWII in the South Pacific and used his original A-10A sextant and astrocompass. My Dad was the last true B-29 Navigator and was the greatest Father ever.

It was a trip of a lifetime!

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 3:11 pm

very nice

Django · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 3:12 pm

That's awesome Taigh. :drinkers:

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 3:18 pm

sure is!

APG85 · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2011 7:47 pm

Fantastic before ans after flight deck shots!!! And the picture of your Dad at the controls is awesome Taigh...

bomberflight · **Posted:** Wed May 18, 2011 1:37 am

My thanks to you Taigh for sharing you're pictures and memories and you're Dad for brining it here :drink3:

airnutz · **Posted:** Wed May 18, 2011 2:15 am

Pretty cool, I love it when the details come together. In the video, looks like the left brake got a bit smokey toward the end of the runway.

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

[quote="Taigh Ramey"]My Dad was the last true B-29 Navigator and was the greatest Father ever.quote]

Good grief I hope my sons say that about me some day! :wink:

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Wed May 18, 2011 8:07 pm

is there any other cool dad that can fly it back to the usa? I'd love to see it in person

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