Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Friday, August 6, 2010

B-29!

FiFi returned to flight yesterday after some serious overhaul work.



If I remember correctly, FiFi was one of the B-29s at a Navy target range in Navada. The CAF got it flyable in the early 1970s and flew it out to its base then at Harlingen. When it landed, a reporter asked the pilot how much B-29 time he ad. The pilot looked at his watch and said "about six hours".
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5 comments:

Fixer said...

Beautiful planes. Had one at Chanute AFB when I was cross-training from being a snake eater to being a coat carrier.

8/06/2010 7:14 PM
Anonymous said...

Studly!

8/07/2010 10:17 AM
Frank Van Haste said...

Dear Miss Fit:

For those interested, Capt. Randy Sohn's comments on the recovery of the B-29 "Fifi" from China Lake in 1971 can be read here. Good stuff!!

Regards,

Frank

8/07/2010 3:19 PM
tom said...

Yes and those beautiful R3350 18 cylinder radials Is it true every 4 enging plane w/them was called a Tri Motor?

8/19/2010 9:57 PM
Comrade Misfit said...

That's why the DC-7s were known as "three-engined airplanes with four-bladed propellors".

8/20/2010 8:33 AM

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