CAF AirPower History Tour 2015: An Afternoon With Fifi

CAF AirPower History Tour 2015 The Commemorative Air Force AirPower History Tour featuring the World War Two era Boeing B-29 Superfortress Fifi bomber, North American P-51D Mustang Man O’ War fighter, Beech C-45 Expeditor Bucket of Bolts light transport, Fairchild PT-19 trainer and North American T-6 Texan / Navy SNJ trainers were hosted at the Van Nuys… Read More CAF AirPower History Tour 2015: An Afternoon With Fifi

WW2 Weekend 2013 (Part 1) – Bombers, Transports & Military Reenactors

The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania hosted their annual World War Two Weekend on June 7th to 9th, 2013. What an event! Despite inclement weather leading into the weekend it turned out pretty nice and plenty of flying was able to happen with many classic Warbirds from that era taking to the skies. On top of this… Read More WW2 Weekend 2013 (Part 1) – Bombers, Transports & Military Reenactors

“Enola Gay”, “Bockscar” & “Fifi” – Famous B-29’s

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a long-range four engine heavy bomber introduced into service in 1944 with sophisticated features including a pressurized cabin and remote-controlled gun turrets. The B-29 was used with devastating effect by the United States Army Air Force against the Japanese in the Pacific theatre of World War Two (this was the aircraft that basically ended the war in 1945 by dropping… Read More “Enola Gay”, “Bockscar” & “Fifi” – Famous B-29’s