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#3316620 - 06/11/11 12:14 PM Fifi at sunken Lunken
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FIFI made a visit to Lunken airport in Cincinnati this weekend.

Sorry for these pics...they kept us behind a fence.

Ride in the cockpit for $995.








Short video from Cincinnati Enquirer website, engine start up and some interior shots...
http://news.cincinnati.com/section/VideoNetwork?bctid=987457882001&odyssey=mod|tvideo|news


Edited by Scylla (06/13/11 05:00 AM)
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#3316632 - 06/11/11 12:42 PM Re: Fifi at sunken Lunken [Re: Scylla]
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Wow, nice pics for being taken from behind a fence. That's one of the few major American WWII aircraft still flying that I haven't seen in person - will have to find a way to do that.
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#3316911 - 06/11/11 10:50 PM Re: Fifi at sunken Lunken [Re: Scylla]
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That is one beautiful plane.
I agree that the pictures came out very nice for being stuck behind the fence. smile


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#3318587 - 06/14/11 07:55 AM Re: Fifi at sunken Lunken [Re: Scylla]
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FIFI is pretty much AMAZING to see in person. I've touched the wings before at the Houston airshow. wink
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#3319479 - 06/15/11 09:54 AM Re: Fifi at sunken Lunken [Re: Scylla]
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Is FIFI the B-29 the CAF has been restoring down in Midland Texas ? I went though the CAF museum a couple of years ago and they where working on restoring a B-29, and it looked to be fairly close to being done.
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#3322400 - 06/19/11 08:06 AM Re: Fifi at sunken Lunken [Re: Scylla]
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They just finished putting new engines in it not too long ago. Saw her at the Joint Services Show at Andrews last month. Pretty cool. The only other B-29 I have seen was the Enola Gay and for some reason Fifi was smaller than I expected.
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#3322460 - 06/19/11 10:02 AM Re: Fifi at sunken Lunken [Re: Scylla]
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I've seen the B-29 at the American Air Museum at Duxford. What an advanced plane for its time!
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#3323530 - 06/20/11 03:28 PM Re: Fifi at sunken Lunken [Re: Scylla]
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Great pics of Fifi. I would love to see her fly too.
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