LEGENDARY
B29
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
The Superfort
“The moonshot of World War II.”
Boeing · military
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Length
99 ft 0 in
Wingspan
141 ft 3 in
Max speed
310 kts
Range
2,820 nmi
Ceiling
31,850 ft
Engines
4x Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone (2,200 hp each)
Crew
11
Built
3,970
The B-29 was the most advanced aircraft of its war — pressurized crew stations, remote-controlled gun turrets, and engineering so ambitious the program cost more than the Manhattan Project. Nearly 4,000 were built; today exactly two still fly, and when those four radials light up, entire airshows stop to watch.
Fun fact
The B-29 program was the most expensive of World War II — it cost more than the Manhattan Project it later carried.
How to spot one
Glassy greenhouse nose, four big radial engines, tall single tail. If one is flying, it's FIFI or Doc — there are only two in the world.
Crews call it
Superfort
Sounds like
Four 18-cylinder Wright radials — a slow, thunderous drumroll you feel in your chest before you spot her
One might be overhead right now.
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