B-29 kee bird questions

[whistlingdeath77]

Was there 4 fire extinguishers positioned outside when the engines were starting? I didn't notice

[maxum96]

Feeding an engine by gravity, without a fuel pump was used on very old collection cars.

As well as carburetored motorcycles, lawn mowers and a whole host of small engined powered items.

[Richard Woods]

Hi all,

Michael (the chap that took the recent video) has posted some photo's of Kee Bird over on the Key Publishing forum.

Link:

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthre ... erfortress


Regards,

Rich

[CoastieJohn]

Thanks for posting the link. A great observation by one of the posters there about the props being bent. Were the old, original ones put back on or where the new ones intentionally bent during the clean up as suggested by a poster....the mystery continues.....

[Jeremy S]

Thanks for posting the link. A great observation by one of the posters there about the props being bent. Were the old, original ones put back on or where the new ones intentionally bent during the clean up as suggested by a poster....the mystery continues.....

Just refreshed my memory by readying part of Hunting Warbirds by Carl Hoffman. Gary Larkins had to return to the Kee Bird wreck shortly after the fire as his name was on the salvage permit and the Danish government was going to hold him responsible for cleaning up the mess. When Gary returned to clean up the site he tried to drag the Kee Bird off the ice with the bulldozer and it wouldn't budge, which explains the post fire damage to the wings and props. He hauled the extra fuel and other trash out with him on his plane, and slashed the radiator hose on the bulldozer.

Everyone interested in the story of this B-29 should really read Hunting Warbirds. The NOVA documentary was great, but they left out most of the real story of this plane.