Posts : 166 Join date : 2012-07-25 Age : 63 Location : Dacula Georgia
Subject: FIFI and the Wagon Sat Feb 02, 2019 10:39 am
Had a good photo op come up this past fall, thought i would share the pictures with you. The CAF's B29 FIFI was staying at our local airport LZU for about a week as we have a very active EAA group there so i hustled the wagon over for a photo op. https://pix.sfly.com/zWepfNhttps://pix.sfly.com/JmMoVh https://pix.sfly.com/JmMoVh
Rev Bob
Posts : 478 Join date : 2016-05-24
Subject: Re: FIFI and the Wagon Sat Feb 02, 2019 5:38 pm
Even before the Confederate Air Force became politically correct, they kept this magnificent machine flying. The per-flight-hour costs of this artifact are staggering. See it in the air if at all possible before the costs become unsustainable.
Rev Bob
Fred Kiehl
Posts : 7159 Join date : 2009-11-13 Age : 75 Location : Largo, FL 33774
Subject: Re: FIFI and the Wagon Sat Feb 02, 2019 7:05 pm
It passed through Tampa a few times. They were selling rides for about $200 if I remember correctly.
sherlock9c1
Posts : 2373 Join date : 2009-05-28 Location : Huntsville, AL
Subject: Re: FIFI and the Wagon Sat Feb 02, 2019 10:31 pm
I barely missed (by like 15 minutes) buying a ride in a B17. I won't make that mistake again. Amazing engineering behind these planes, and yes the flight hour costs are staggering.
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