Simviation Forum - B-29 Guam to Midway

Feb 7^th, 2004 at 8:29pm

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As Midway breaks the horizon, the crew prepares for a landing on a runway that looks like it might be too small.....

Off to the left of the plane, brush and trees cover up any remnants of what was a popular area of conflict during WW2 that most of the world would rather forget.... the old runways that were used by many fighter pilots are still visible in the background....

A would be photographer with his zoom lens captures this shot of the B-29 right before touchdown (just pretend the replay status isn't showing on the bottom left Wink

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The crew braces for the landing as the wheels begin to find they're place on the runway....

This beauty comes to a graceful stop as the pilot taxies to the parking area.... Many base personnel take notice as they remember the stories and the history of the legendary B-29.

Hope you guys liked..... Grin

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Reply #1 - Feb 7^th, 2004 at 10:58pm

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Boy sure looks like you had to use an awful lot of brakes to make her stop in time! I see the nose all pinned to the earth!

great shots of an even better aircraft...

Ah to be in the 40's and hear the roar of a formation of B-29's flying overhead at 2-3,000 feet... Cheesy

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Reply #2 - Feb 8^th, 2004 at 3:32am

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Ex Member liked. Grin

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Reply #3 - Feb 8^th, 2004 at 4:10pm

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A bit of a burley bird eh? lol. Nice pics. Sam

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Reply #4 - Feb 9^th, 2004 at 12:29am

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Very nice!

Where did you get that B-29? I might want to fly it between Hawaii & the Mainland

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Reply #5 - Feb 9^th, 2004 at 7:17pm

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You can find this particular version of the B-29 under the FS2002 Vintage section on page 4 or click on this link to download it directly from here at Simviation....

http://63.217.28.218/files/1vintage/B-2940th.zip

There's also a fix for the GeForce4 video cards that I found here at Simviation that will enable reflections as seen on this B-29 thread. Before the fix, the plane was grayish in color like a battleship, but after the fix, I can comb my hair in the reflection!! Wink

I likes it.. hehe.

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Reply #6 - Feb 10^th, 2004 at 10:56am

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Very nice B-29, i have the same one in FS9 Cheesy

. Great shots!

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