B-29 & P-51

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The USAF Museum has a B-29 on static display (&quot;Bockscar&quot;, the plane that dropped the second bomb on Japan) as well as a B-50. Their walk through of the fuselage of a B-29 (&quot;Command Decision&quot is fascinating, but as I mentioned above, it doesn't compare to seeing how the fuselage really looked because the walk-through was designed as a more touristy thing (but cool nonetheless).

This is Paul, the gentleman that was a B-29 bombsight technician back in 1945. He was thrilled to be close to a B-29 again, but was very quiet and seemed to be in deep thought. I would image there was a flood of emotions and memories that came back to him during the flight. The sounds, the smells, the overall experience.

Notice all the oil spattered under the engines. There was a lot of it, typical of what these engines dripped while idling and/or parked (or in flight!). The Helldiver had similar oil leakage. It sounds weird, but I thought it was cool to see the fresh oil on the tarmac under their engines. It shows that these aren't museum pieces, they are flying warbirds.

Mike