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[ugens1]

Nova: B-29 Frozen in Time

[oracle2world]

Hey, it is either a crash or it doesn't count for anything.

[TheBeebe1972]

Soft soil, failed flaps, and an excessive load - all threatened to end a mission that would have failed anyway: the revival of the Kee-Bird, a B-29 Bomber.

[alpha18412]

@queenofyeay Thanks for the reply after all these months. As a former Field Artillery guy areonautics are'nt my forte.  But as a member of what used to be the US Army RDF I feel that aircraft could either make or break my life on Earth.

I also have a certain attraction to WWII aircraft as a historian in my own mind.

This entire episode came across to me as way too presumptive for the characters and material involved; a tribute, I think to today's reality TV (NATGEO not excluded).

[queenofyeay]

@oktobercat Yes, the ending was tragic, as a diesel mechanic of 30 years, I applauded the huge effort, even if it was on a shoestring. BUT I believe they REALLY only needed one thing to have flown Kee Bird out successfully.

Enough common sense to wait till the next season to fly the plane out.

So a lack of the proper funding as well as a lack of stamina to do it all again the next season, caused the loss of a life as well as the loss of a national treasure. Shameful

[queenofyeay]

@alpha18412 You got that SH*T right... I was thinking as I watched them bounce Kee Bird through the ruts... "Wait till the next season, you are going to shake the plane apart!" As a huge student of WWII aviation I can't describe how stunned, then how massively angry I got as that beautiful plane burned to the ground A**HOLES! It was moving alright, moved me to tears at the senseless loss of a national treasure. I applauded the git-er done effort, until they basically torched her, FFS!

[pradzee123]

wow lucky..

[onefugowie]

@oktobercat gear head myself they should have parted the plane out left the engines instead of bringing in four new ones and props it was taking a great chance flying it out would have been amazing bringing the bird in though and landing it

[GSDirtboy]

No problem. Just pull that bird apart and re-assemble it with both wings on each side of an engine, bolt the tail on the back of the engine, and fly it out. Oh, wait! That was a different movie!

[alpha18412]

Maybe done on a budget, maybe due to conditions, maybe done on the spirit of a wing and a prayer but everything in this video screams half-assed.

[hotelgulf718]

Agree. A lot.of effort for a lot of loss. It was quite moving to watch the whole process and the terrible results for working like animals. The upside is that the mechanic did pass doing what he loved.