Most of the older performance aircraft still in use by the military - including the F-15, F-16, U-2 spy plane, B-52 and B-1 bomber, are off-limits to the general public. A ride in one usually is ...

Summary and Key Points: It's remembered for one world-altering act: the B-29 Superfortress (check out our original photos below) remains the only aircraft ever to drop a nuclear weapon in combat, ...

On September 21, 1942, 74 years ago, the maiden flight of the Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" took place. The plane was the successor of Boeing's ultra-tough B-17 "Flying Fortress," and the predecessor to ...

First B-29 Formation in Over 50 Years Gets Airborne at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. For the first time since the early 1960’s when they were retired from U.S. Air Force service, two Boeing B-29 Superfortress ...

The B-29 Superfortress was one of the most advanced and expensive aircraft of WWII, but many of its details are still overlooked. Its technology, missions, crews, and impact on the war reveal why it ...

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was designed to fly 3,200 km and reach 30,000 ft altitude It was the most expensive WWII bomber, costing more than the atomic bombs on Japan The B-29 featured pressurised ...

A couple of months ago, we traveled to the Stephen Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. The official annex of the Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. Debatably, granted, the star attraction ...

Of the 3,900 B-29 bombers built between 1943 and 1946, only two are still flying, and both are kept in the air by not-for-profit organizations. FiFi, owned and operated by The Commemorative Air Force ...

When it comes to the military aircraft that have shaped world history, there may be no single airplane model with a greater impact than the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The B-29 didn't just push the ...

Departing in the predawn darkness of Aug. 6, 1945, a modified B-29, designated with radio call sign ‘Dimples 82’, was carrying a single bomb. Enola Gay was about to change the world. Approximately a ...

The B-29 is small by contemporary air travel standards, but seems to take up more room than an Airbus, stretching its long, thin wings across the runway like it owns, not just Henderson airport, but ...

On September 21, 1942, 73 years ago, the maiden flight of the Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" took place. The plane was the successor of Boeing's ultra-tough B-17 "Flying Fortress," and the predecessor to ...