[R-390] depot dawg - demeaning ?!?!?! Humph!

[Bruce Ussery]

<lurk off>
How appropriate for this thread- that wonderful B-29 FIFI is a depot dawg:

"(Many parts and spares also came from the other B-29s at China Lake)."

When the B-29 came to Raleigh-Durham airport a few years back I went to see 
it and stood in line a while to walk thru it. Lo and behold there sat a 
BC-348, my original boat anchor from my teen years. I just barely resisted 
playing with the knobs. Blew off work Monday morning to go watch it fire up 
and take off. Wonderful sounds; four big clouds of smoke as each engine 
fired.
So now I have a couple of BC-348s , keeping my R390 and R392 company- nice 
balanced look. (Back on topic- whew...)

73, Bruce
WA4ZLK



>
> About once a year, the only still-flying B-29 flies into this area 
> (Suburban DC) for an air show or two.  There is nothing in the air that 
> sounds like a B-29.  There is no other flying B-29. None. The thing was 
> "born" just after I was, and is still flying. I wonder how many engines 
> it's gone through?  How many tires?
> See: http://www.cafb29b24.org/fifi.shtml
>