Boeing B-29 Superfortress
US heavy bomber aircraft
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Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter
Planned re-opening of the Carolinas Aviation Museum, which houses a KC-97 Stratofreighter (AF Ser. No. 53-335).
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| March 26 2021 |
FIFI
FIFI made her first appearance at the CAF's Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center at Dallas Executive Airport during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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| December 2020 |
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
A third former Airbus Industrie Super Guppy was scrapped after eleven years of restoration at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in the UK.
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| April 11 2019 |
Surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses
A marker was erected on the Manzano Mountains to commemorate the 1950 B-29 crash carrying a nuclear weapon.
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| July 17 2016 |
Surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses
B-29 'Doc' flew for the first time since 1956, piloted by members of 'Fifi' flight crews.
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| July 9 2016 |
Surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer mapped a sunken B-29 bomber near Tinian using sonar, but could not identify the specific aircraft.
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| May 20 2016 |
Surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses
B-29 'Doc' (serial 44-69972) received FAA certificate of airworthiness.
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| August 5 2010 |
FIFI
FIFI flew for the first time after a $3 million restoration project, with new engines built from parts used in Douglas A-1 Skyraider and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar.
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