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Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:08 am
Kee Bird.
Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:35 am
That's what I thought but then Kee Bird is so well documented and this article presents it as something newer. This is of course taking a mighty big assumption that the media got anything about an airplane wreck correct. . . .
edit - I did a little more looking and yes, this article is referring to Kee Bird - it must have been a very slow day at "warhistoryonline.com" and they recycled a good B-29 story.
Tom P.
Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:07 pm

Had me fooled at first tooo. Sure hate that she's sitting up there. Would be neat to have 3 airworthy B-29s...but I'm just being greedy.
Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:55 am
I thought the title of your post was "B-29 in the ATTIC."
Turns out I need more sleep than I thought, but thanks for posting.
-Brandon
Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:18 pm
deskpro590 wrote:Sure hate that she's sitting up there.
If you're talking about Kee Bird, she's NOT sitting up there- at least not in that condition.
bob
p.s. I first scanned "B-29 in the attic" too- wish I had an attic like that!
Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:04 pm
deskpro590 wrote:Would be neat to have 3 airworthy B-29s
"Fertile Myrtle" (the one Kermit Weeks has in storage) would probably be the best candidate in existence for restoration to flight.
Hey. . . if we could get about five million people to each contribute one dollar. . .
Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:36 pm
K5DH wrote:deskpro590 wrote:Would be neat to have 3 airworthy B-29s
"Fertile Myrtle" (the one Kermit Weeks has in storage) would probably be the best candidate in existence for restoration to flight.
Hey. . . if we could get about five million people to each contribute one dollar. . .

Could be 4 couldn't it? FIFI, Doc, Fertile Myrtle", and then the B-29B Kermit was selling through Aerotrader - I understand it is still at Borrego Springs and was for sale at $1.5M - it would take another $10M to get it flying but it is a possibility. Or am I mixing up air frames?
Tom P.
Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:22 am
wendovertom wrote:K5DH wrote:deskpro590 wrote:Would be neat to have 3 airworthy B-29s
"Fertile Myrtle" (the one Kermit Weeks has in storage) would probably be the best candidate in existence for restoration to flight.
Hey. . . if we could get about five million people to each contribute one dollar. . .

Could be 4 couldn't it? FIFI, Doc, Fertile Myrtle", and then the B-29B Kermit was selling through Aerotrader - I understand it is still at Borrego Springs and was for sale at $1.5M - it would take another $10M to get it flying but it is a possibility. Or am I mixing up air frames?
Tom P.
Borrego Springs? Ocotillo surely?
Last I saw it was in lots of pieces (along with a few of the China Lake airframes) and not looking remotely airworthy.
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