Any chance you can break out from 3:50 on into it's own video? Any time I watch this or show it to other people, I skip to that part because Sinatra's much more enjoyable.
A magnificent machine. The last time I saw her was at Paine Field in WA, as FIFI and the CAF's B-24 departed the traffic pattern and headed east toward Spokane. I was awestruck---but also worried that neither airplane could be kept flying for too many more years. I'm delighted to be proved wrong on that last count.
saw Fifi fly at the ww2 weekend in Reading Pa this summer. Awesome! When I was going back to my car, I didnt realize i was at the end of the runway. All of a sudden Fifi came out of nowhere and literally flew off into the sunset. Just amazing!
Hi FIFI, Last time I saw you cracked a manifold. Great to see you up and flying again girl. I wish you could make a stop in Burbank someday. That would be a sight to see.
Formerly named "Confederate Air Force" and the country music soundtrack = FAIL, BUT, it's absolutely amazing the CAF keeps these piston powered rarities in the AIR instead of a static display in a museum!
Why, why, why put music on this clip? It's so unnecessary and it detracts from the pleasure of watching the clip. Just leave the music off please so that we can enjoy these wonderful pictures and any background sounds.
7-18-11, Overall a pretty boring vid. Just a shot of the AC with no action, no landing, no takeoff, not much that you couldn't see by staring at a still photo. Fuck the music...!!! Everybody with a hand held video camera wants to play "Hollywood" director now days with over whelming music and stupid camera zoom's... Try again...
For all those wanting the natural sound just stick your head out of a car window moving 180 mph and thats what it sounded like from my perspective from the camera plane. Even 4 3350's could not cut through that wind noise. Besides, as much as I don't like country music, this artist is touring with FIFI so it was appropriate.
Jeezus-effing-christ! Lose the mullet-music soundtrack already, and let me hear the AIRPLANES! I have a cheap-shit radio right here on my desk, and I know how to turn it on if I want to listen to that silly-ass hillbilly shit!
Great video, with horrible name and awful soundtrack. I still wouldn't lose the soundtrack. I think it did not occur to other readers.. but it seems like you really can not hear her, the engine roar is from Hawker Fury.
Great video, great plane!!! Plain and simple the country, and people who built and served with this plane and the ones who gave their lives doing it ARE the only reason why you are able to make dumb ass statements like you did!!!!! If you think this was wrong , just leave, get the F#%K out... Go live somewhere else!!!!!!! People like you making dumb ass remarks are why this country is going to hell!!! You must be to stupid to know where you came from!!! Go live with dumb asses like yourself!
i do NOT feel bad about the dropping of the atomic bomb. this aircraft should be enjoyed as a reminder of the sacrifice that our aircrews endured. this aircraft represents what our nation is capable of, defending ourselves in a time of need. we are better off and weather the japanese realize it they are better off today because of it. imagine what it would be like if the regime that existed in japan was victorious, scary thought
so respect the good this aircraft represents. it ended WWII
christ, im sick and tired of hearing these whining comments on how it was built to "rein death and destruction" bullshit. at the time, the Japanese received what they deserved. you assholes seem to forget pearl harbor and how the Japanese attacked US in a time of PEACE between our nations. the Japanese asked for a can of whoop-ass and that is exactly what this aircraft delivered. do i wish the Japanese dead today, of course not but at the time that's what they deserved.
xltrt...B-29 stands for don't start crap with the U.S.A....would you rather the war have kept going on for years only to end with the extinction of the Japenese...because that is what would have likely been the outcome of an invasion, if the rest of the pacific island campaigns are used as any logical indicator...
@xltrt Nooooo.................................this plane came about because of death and destruction brought upon the United States by a country that miscalculated!
B-17,B-24 SUPERFORTRESS ARE THE SH#@T sorry for the word!! BUT THE B-29 IS THE KING OF THEM ALL PLANES!!...no B-52, NO 747,NO C-17 Carrier, NOT THE CONCORD NO TECHNOLOGY WHATSOEVER no no no.
@555aahouse1 oh, there is technology there right in the b29. older technology but its still a complex machine. 4 pratt and whitney R3350's, turbo charged monster engines. also retractable gear, constant speed propeller, oh and did i mention the b29 was pressurized when they were used in combat? she sure is pretty but she's not as simple as she first appears. its the kind of technology that i like. no computer technology that's for sure.
i disagree, while i normally am not really a country music fan, this song is very patriotic. this aircraft is vert partriotic, they go well together. oh, yeah and the "eagle flies" and so does fifi. it does go well together.
@ad356 Hmmm.... it's not the song isn't very patriotic, I'm all for that. The singing style in the whole country music genera is generally just awful. A better selection of music would have been from circa 1945. So great video well worth watching, just on mute. BTW: I donated to CAF for the Fifi fund after the spar corrosion was found
@wendellb36 Actually if you *read* my comment(s) it says something circa 1945 would be a better accompaniment than country. No where did I suggest AC/DC or rap (can't stand rap), that is all a product of your imagination as is your interest with men having their pants down (your words not mine).
@flunkn7 i didnt read your comment correctly big band music would be better but Aaron Tippin is touring with Fifi and generating money for her continued operation.I was venting on alot of subjective attitudes on music and what some groupes of people consider an appropriate style ie saggers
Lucky Pilot
Fantascular 1 month ago
THE PROPER MUSIC FOR FIFI
OFFSHORERACEING 1 month ago
Any chance you can break out from 3:50 on into it's own video? Any time I watch this or show it to other people, I skip to that part because Sinatra's much more enjoyable.
rustyATV 2 months ago
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PhatFarm60 2 months ago 2
Forget the damn music..!!
PERIZ99 3 months ago
A magnificent machine. The last time I saw her was at Paine Field in WA, as FIFI and the CAF's B-24 departed the traffic pattern and headed east toward Spokane. I was awestruck---but also worried that neither airplane could be kept flying for too many more years. I'm delighted to be proved wrong on that last count.
jrcadet4 3 months ago
saw Fifi fly at the ww2 weekend in Reading Pa this summer. Awesome! When I was going back to my car, I didnt realize i was at the end of the runway. All of a sudden Fifi came out of nowhere and literally flew off into the sunset. Just amazing!
mrjohnnyboy65 3 months ago
Saw this plane years ago at a show in Clark county Indiana
jgant2008 3 months ago
Hi FIFI, Last time I saw you cracked a manifold. Great to see you up and flying again girl. I wish you could make a stop in Burbank someday. That would be a sight to see.
ENCO12357 4 months ago
Simply B E A U T I F U L . Thanks to Mr. Jim Cavanaugh from Fort Worth for make it possible.
Antagraber 4 months ago
skip the redneck music
Tremolux59 4 months ago
If you tried really hard, you could pick even a crappier soundtrack than the one you selected for this vid.
Great vid otherwise.
Treetop64 5 months ago
Great video! Beautiful machine!
rayman4449 5 months ago
Formerly named "Confederate Air Force" and the country music soundtrack = FAIL, BUT, it's absolutely amazing the CAF keeps these piston powered rarities in the AIR instead of a static display in a museum!
jjojo2004 5 months ago
Beautiful plane. May you last forever
hoppinonabronzeleg 5 months ago
perfect song for this video
Hoda228 5 months ago
Yep, hard to enjoy the first clip considering the ...music, for lack of a better term.
subterfuge7 6 months ago
Sinatra was perfect.
rustyATV 6 months ago
this give me goosebumps..
magtmtx 6 months ago
Will everyone just Shut up about The Music? there is a mute button you know!
galloway62042009 6 months ago
@galloway62042009 you dumbass. we want to hear the engines.. so will you just shut up about telling us to shut up?
gummel82 6 months ago
hoe about dropping the music and listen to those round ones roar ??? That is what makes a B29 a B29.
WolfKotenberg 6 months ago
take off the music, i demand it.
AntaresInScorpius 6 months ago
Why, why, why put music on this clip? It's so unnecessary and it detracts from the pleasure of watching the clip. Just leave the music off please so that we can enjoy these wonderful pictures and any background sounds.
andyvon100 7 months ago
7-18-11, Overall a pretty boring vid. Just a shot of the AC with no action, no landing, no takeoff, not much that you couldn't see by staring at a still photo. Fuck the music...!!! Everybody with a hand held video camera wants to play "Hollywood" director now days with over whelming music and stupid camera zoom's... Try again...
today441 7 months ago
For all those wanting the natural sound just stick your head out of a car window moving 180 mph and thats what it sounded like from my perspective from the camera plane. Even 4 3350's could not cut through that wind noise. Besides, as much as I don't like country music, this artist is touring with FIFI so it was appropriate.
mybombshells 7 months ago 9
Jeezus-effing-christ! Lose the mullet-music soundtrack already, and let me hear the AIRPLANES! I have a cheap-shit radio right here on my desk, and I know how to turn it on if I want to listen to that silly-ass hillbilly shit!
Ojimy47 7 months ago
Great video, with horrible name and awful soundtrack. I still wouldn't lose the soundtrack. I think it did not occur to other readers.. but it seems like you really can not hear her, the engine roar is from Hawker Fury.
pehmomarsu 7 months ago
just a quick question...originally, did the B29 have a rotating beacon near the front top turret?
justsnappy 9 months ago
I have been inside it twice and donated money for the restoration fund. It is a beautiful sight, I also got to see it fly in person at the CAF airsho
gostblaster 9 months ago
Skip the hillbilly music and give engine sounds.
Tremolux59 9 months ago 2
Wonderful ship, please remove the soundtrack so I can hear the engines.
claphoto 9 months ago 7
Great video, great plane!!! Plain and simple the country, and people who built and served with this plane and the ones who gave their lives doing it ARE the only reason why you are able to make dumb ass statements like you did!!!!! If you think this was wrong , just leave, get the F#%K out... Go live somewhere else!!!!!!! People like you making dumb ass remarks are why this country is going to hell!!! You must be to stupid to know where you came from!!! Go live with dumb asses like yourself!
nitrobike250 9 months ago
@nitrobike250
People who abuse the exclamation mark with excessive use
are the real cause of the decline of the Republic.
Anyone who finds it necessary to use a string of [!] should be rounded
up and airdropped over some faraway land without a parachute.
"You must be to stupid to know..."
..."to stupid?" really?
*irony meter is pegged again
eaterofclams 1 month ago
Country music RUINED an otherwise great video.
av8rdav 9 months ago
i do NOT feel bad about the dropping of the atomic bomb. this aircraft should be enjoyed as a reminder of the sacrifice that our aircrews endured. this aircraft represents what our nation is capable of, defending ourselves in a time of need. we are better off and weather the japanese realize it they are better off today because of it. imagine what it would be like if the regime that existed in japan was victorious, scary thought
so respect the good this aircraft represents. it ended WWII
ad356 9 months ago
christ, im sick and tired of hearing these whining comments on how it was built to "rein death and destruction" bullshit. at the time, the Japanese received what they deserved. you assholes seem to forget pearl harbor and how the Japanese attacked US in a time of PEACE between our nations. the Japanese asked for a can of whoop-ass and that is exactly what this aircraft delivered. do i wish the Japanese dead today, of course not but at the time that's what they deserved.
ad356 9 months ago 2
cool
Falcon843 9 months ago
xltrt...B-29 stands for don't start crap with the U.S.A....would you rather the war have kept going on for years only to end with the extinction of the Japenese...because that is what would have likely been the outcome of an invasion, if the rest of the pacific island campaigns are used as any logical indicator...
crtog 10 months ago
this plane brought a lot of death and destruction to many innocent civilians, not a whole lot to be proud of
xltrt 11 months ago
@xltrt Nooooo.................................this plane came about because of death and destruction brought upon the United States by a country that miscalculated!
lander4545 10 months ago
@xltrt Had to be done
TravisModel92 10 months ago
when was the b29 made in?
yamyamyam1028 11 months ago
Sexiest aircraft every.
viperq 1 year ago
that Frank Sinatra song just sucked
damusername01 1 year ago
The music ruins a great video...sorry!
vikinghater2 1 year ago 2
@vikinghater2 So true
viperq 1 year ago
So glad she is flying again!
Dylan1191698 1 year ago
B-17,B-24 SUPERFORTRESS ARE THE SH#@T sorry for the word!! BUT THE B-29 IS THE KING OF THEM ALL PLANES!!...no B-52, NO 747,NO C-17 Carrier, NOT THE CONCORD NO TECHNOLOGY WHATSOEVER no no no.
SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
555aahouse1 1 year ago
@555aahouse1 oh, there is technology there right in the b29. older technology but its still a complex machine. 4 pratt and whitney R3350's, turbo charged monster engines. also retractable gear, constant speed propeller, oh and did i mention the b29 was pressurized when they were used in combat? she sure is pretty but she's not as simple as she first appears. its the kind of technology that i like. no computer technology that's for sure.
ad356 11 months ago
DUDE - Why Would You Put ANY Music On Such Great Footage..?
Please Repost - "Ala Natural"...
RemoVegas 1 year ago
Great video.... country music not so much...
flunkn70 1 year ago
@flunkn70
i disagree, while i normally am not really a country music fan, this song is very patriotic. this aircraft is vert partriotic, they go well together. oh, yeah and the "eagle flies" and so does fifi. it does go well together.
ad356 1 year ago
@ad356 Hmmm.... it's not the song isn't very patriotic, I'm all for that. The singing style in the whole country music genera is generally just awful. A better selection of music would have been from circa 1945. So great video well worth watching, just on mute. BTW: I donated to CAF for the Fifi fund after the spar corrosion was found
flunkn70 1 year ago
@flunkn70 i guess acdc and there screaming style is more your style or rap crap with your pants down with matching chonies
wendellb36 1 year ago
@wendellb36 Actually if you *read* my comment(s) it says something circa 1945 would be a better accompaniment than country. No where did I suggest AC/DC or rap (can't stand rap), that is all a product of your imagination as is your interest with men having their pants down (your words not mine).
flunkn70 1 year ago
@flunkn7 i didnt read your comment correctly big band music would be better but Aaron Tippin is touring with Fifi and generating money for her continued operation.I was venting on alot of subjective attitudes on music and what some groupes of people consider an appropriate style ie saggers
wendellb36 1 year ago
she's alive and well. living history. sexiest airplane alive today
ad356 1 year ago
BAD ASS
bearsfanaticBA 1 year ago
Absolutely the most beautiful air to air video I have seen of flying history.
johnnygee61 1 year ago
Mybombshells hits another home run....
wonderful !
rampking1 1 year ago