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B-29 pics (not sure where to post this)

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    Nice shots of Fifi. Was 21 years ago almost to the day that the B-29 and several other planes were at a airshow where I used to live. Thanks for sharing!
     
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    No problem!
     
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    Nice!!! Did you get close enough to check the price tag?
     
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    That was the courtyard at the time, you could touch them. Don't know if they've "improved" the yard or not, but it was very accessible at the time, if a bit untidy. The BUFF was basically the fuselage, no wings or control surfaces.

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    My Dad was stationed on Guam back in the 80's, so I pretty much grew up with BUFF's roaring overhead. Played some soccer there as a kid (at the age when a "soccer match" consisted of a huge knot of kids tangled around the poor ball, everyone trying to kick the thing), and the soccer field was right across the road from the runway. Touch-n-goes were always a big hit, and I never ceased to wonder why they would put such a tiny parachute on the back of such a big airplane to slow it down.
     
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