Most dedicated ground attack aircraft of the Second World War were relatively slow and vulnerable to fighter attack but the ...

Bell-Atlanta B-29-20-BA Superfortress 42-63484: Built under licence by Bell Aircraft Company, Marietta, Atlanta, Georgia. Delivered to USAAF 13 November 1944. Assigned to the PTO (Pacific Theater of ...

What looks like a flying egg, was never designed to land, and was so light it could be thrown off course by its own guns?

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress #42-63363, nicknamed Marietta Misfit, crashed onto hilly terrain in Pingshun while returning from a sortie to attack Japanese-occupied Manchuria. All 11 crew members ...

Most of the older performance aircraft still in use by the military - including the F-15, F-16, U-2 spy plane, B-52 and B-1 bomber, are off-limits to the general public. A ride in one usually is ...

It's been over 4 years since we have seen the famous B-29 "Doc" Superfortress at Inyokern airport, which was its home for many years before being restored back to flying condition. The Friends of "Doc ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Beginning Thursday, you have the chance to experience two of the most iconic warbirds from WWII. The B-29 Doc and P-51 Mustang Gunfighter landed at ECP earlier this week for ...

The Whirlwind was a heavily-armed, single-seat, twin-engine fighter designed for high performance, with great attention paid to aerodynamics. The aircraft was powered by two Rolls-Royce Peregrine ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Two of the nation’s most iconic warbirds still flying today, just touched down in Bay County. The B-29 Super-Fortress, known as “Doc,” alongside the legendary P-51 Mustang ...

Of the 3,900 B-29 bombers built between 1943 and 1946, only two are still flying, and both are kept in the air by not-for-profit organizations. FiFi, owned and operated by The Commemorative Air Force ...

Suffering an arduous start in the CBI Theater, the B-29 would initially struggle to prove its worth, the victim of teething problems from its rapid development and production, along with supply issues ...