Lyon Air Museum‘s B-17G “Fuddy Duddy II”, and the CAF‘s B-17G “Sentimental Journey” each made an appearance at the 2014 Planes of Fame Air Show. The 2015 air show is scheduled for May 2-3 at the Chino Airport.
Sit back and enjoy 4+ minutes of big iron fly-bys…
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I was curious to know how this B29 got it’s name, “FiFi”. My father flew in a B17 A/C 42-229699 also named the “FIFI” . He was station at Rougham Airfield in 1943. My father flew five missions in the “FIFI” before being grounded due to extensive damage. I was surprised to see another plane with the same name, even with the “tilted” lettering as was on my father’s plane.
Pardon my ignorance: are the engine’s propellers rotating in the same direction ?
I believe the illusion you are seeing is rolling shutter or something similar. All of the props are not rotating in the same direction. See link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_shutter
Nearly flew in one of these in Farmingdale last year for Memorial day… Flew the B-25 instead … super cool!
About the shutter effect, I thought stupidly that on counter rotating propellers one could be able to see it …
Can we have a reposting without the music so we can appreciate those engines? 🙂
This is a fantastic looking Aircraft – It would be the dream of all dreams to have a flight in one of these babies !