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<blockquote data-quote="MFE" data-source="post: 16472761" data-attributes="member: 36397"><p>There's a static display of a B-29 at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson. I was there with my son a few years ago and it really didn't register with me that the old white-haired dude sitting at a folding table nearby was a docent for the museum, and had flown in them in the war. He approached us and started chatting. Aside from pointing out all the patched holes from bullets and shrapnel that I hadn't really noticed before, the thing that struck me the most was his assertion that the engines they came with could barely get them airborne without overheating. He said the crews hated those engines because it was all too common to lose one or even two on the climbout. Which is one reason why Doc (and I think Fifi) don't use the kind of engines they first came with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MFE, post: 16472761, member: 36397"] There's a static display of a B-29 at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson. I was there with my son a few years ago and it really didn't register with me that the old white-haired dude sitting at a folding table nearby was a docent for the museum, and had flown in them in the war. He approached us and started chatting. Aside from pointing out all the patched holes from bullets and shrapnel that I hadn't really noticed before, the thing that struck me the most was his assertion that the engines they came with could barely get them airborne without overheating. He said the crews hated those engines because it was all too common to lose one or even two on the climbout. Which is one reason why Doc (and I think Fifi) don't use the kind of engines they first came with. [/QUOTE]
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