Warbird Information Exchange

For you collectors out there, I have a volunteer who has a very successful EBay site and she offered to handle some B-29 stuff on her site. The auction will begin tonite around 8:00pm ? not sure which time zone that will be but check it out!! It's odessatx There are 3350 cylinders, pistons,valves and even spark plugs. There are FIFI hats, books, dog tags and magnets from our PX and there will be more as we get it going and see if it is successful!
Please take a look and bid on the items of your liking. All procedes go directly to the general fund of the B-29/B-24 Squadron so in essence these are donations and should be considered tax deductable? Not sure about all that but thought I'd mention it. Ask your accountant!!

Much more to come soon as the new engine will be leaving Idaho enroute to Midland sometime this coming week.

I'll post pictures when it arrives!!
Dave

Thanks again for the photos and videos!!!

Amazing stuff.

Must make you jealous of Fifi's static CFC system?

I love FIFI.., please do not get me wrong.., but I can not wait to see two, or three of these puppies flying together!!!

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Well, what it makes me is hopeful of someday getting at least one to work. They were very agreeable to helping with that and I do have someone else that is working on that project as well. Only time will tell!

Dave

I love FIFI.., please do not get me wrong.., but I can not wait to see two, or three of these puppies flying together!!![/quote]

It will take some deep pockets for that to ever happen but I myself would love to see that too! Maybe someone will buy up what's been started on Doc and make it happen! Again, Only time will tell.

Dave

see.., they need nice big fat corporate sponsor's like:

AIG, (nope) Lehman Brothers (nope), Bear Stearns (nope).., ahh heck.. where did all the money go?

How about the next billionaire that wants to go on a Soyuz Rocket.., take 1/10th that cash and buy a warbird instead?

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Sounds so easy. Wish it were!!

Dave

Trust me, If I had the $$ there would be a GIANT K on FiFi's tail!!!!!!

all the best!

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I have not given My "3 Amigos" the recognition and credit they deserve. Soooo, let me say that these 3 combined, have given me and the Squadron over 1000 volunteer hours!! They come out and do alot of the dirty jobs and occasionally get to work on some cool stuff! Thank's guys!!

This picture shows Rudy and Tom putting the cowl flap actuators back on engine mount ring. I just got it back from Kosola where they NDT'd it and repainted it.



This is Jim, getting the bath tub all cleaned up so I can get it painted.

Dave,

concerning the life rafts on a B-29: see here for a B-17

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... 3&start=30

Are there any exterior release handles visible on a 29? Have you ever opened up the panels and seen the inside? If so, is it similar to the -17's?

Cheers.

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I'll let Dave answer your question as well, but I'll try to answer some of what I don't think he can. I can tell you that originally, there was no means for externally opening the life raft doors on the B-29 (they kept it slick for speed). There are, however, handles on the inside in both the front and rear pressurized compartments. FIFI no longer has the life raft boxes installed and I modified them to where they could now be opened from either the inside or out. The seals on the doors are notorious for leaking after a rain, so I found that on tour, it is nice to open the doors and let it "air out" a bit. The open doors also allow a little extra light in the bomb bay area, as they can be a bit dark for tourists.

I posted pictures many moons ago on this topic, but I'm much too lazy to dig them up now. It's probably easier to beg Dave for current pictures.

Gary

Thanks for that Gary!
I'll get some pictures of that when I get back.
Dave

Here are the 330th's team of 'Rudy and Tom' 64 years ago!!!!



equally as frustrated!!!

The trick is to climb inside!!!

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Is that a junk airframe in the background?? Given it is sitting "below" the wall, and not above it... Pushed down below or a flyer? Any take on that circular emblem on the starboard side of the 41 section? Any scribbling on the back of the photo?

Now that I look at the photo a little longer, those look to be trees and not a shear wall/cliff.

Not a junk airframe or a cliff wall at all. Yes those are trees around North Field, Guam. This was taken on the flightline on Guam in July 1945. That is a 314thBW/330thBG aircraft sitting in her spot!

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