Beautifully restored B-29 flies in formation with only other flying B-29

[Winston]

[video=youtube;ncUdqT8AxY0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncUdqT8AxY0[/video]

 

[Winston]

The restoration of Doc:

[video=youtube;b_AZeMRqCfg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_AZeMRqCfg[/video]

 

[Woody's Workshop]

What a beautiful story...
What a beautiful plane...
Thank You Kindly for sharing!!!

 

[Zeus-cat]

I am working to restore a B-17. We are in year 11 and have many to go. Sixteen years is pretty fast in my opinion. Well done to everyone that worked on her; she's a beauty.

 

[MaxQ]

Any Russian ripped off versions still out there?

How Russians copied captured B-29
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/1319691/How-Russians-copied-captured-B-29.html


[video=youtube;xf5ASV7FOB4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf5ASV7FOB4[/video]

 

[rharshberger]

Any Russian ripped off versions still out there?

How Russians copied captured B-29
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/1319691/How-Russians-copied-captured-B-29.html


[video=youtube;xf5ASV7FOB4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf5ASV7FOB4[/video]

IIRC there is one surviving Russian Tu-4 Bull in a Russian Aviation museum as a static display, AFAIK there are no airworthy Tu-4's.

 

[krislhull]

Any Russian ripped off versions still out there?

How Russians copied captured B-29
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/1319691/How-Russians-copied-captured-B-29.html


[video=youtube;xf5ASV7FOB4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf5ASV7FOB4[/video]

There are only three Tu-4s known to still exist.

One is at the Central Air Forces Museum at Monino, outside Moscow. I had the opportunity to photograph it two years ago when I was there.



The other two are at the Chinese Air Force museum at Datangshan, outside Beijing. Both were modified with turboprops, and one had a large radar fitted to it, turning it into an AEWC platform. While the AEWC version never flew as it was too heavy, the Chinese did not fully retire the Tu-4 until 1988. It is rumored there are some stashed away at remote bases in inner Mongolia, but if that is true, no one has seen them.