• Aircraft:

  Boeing B-29 Superfortress

• Reg: N29KW photos
• Serial #:

  13681

• Airline: Private
• Photo Date: Jul 07, 2024
• Uploaded: Nov 05, 2024
• Polk City Worlds Greatest Aircraft Collection - FA08, USA - Florida

Nose section of “Fertile Myrtile” inside the hangar at Fantasy of Flight. Delivered to the USAAF with s/n 45-21787, it was one of four B-29s transferred to the US Navy for long range search operations with the designation P2B-1S. BuNo 84029 was loaned to NACA where it was converted to a mothership to launch the D-558-II Skyrocket. Test pilot Scott Crossfield was the first to exceed Mach 2 on 20 Nov 1953 after release of the Skyrocket from the P2B. His signature with “MACH 2” below it can be seen next to the nose art. D-558-II NACA 144 and NACA 145 launches are represented on the panels.

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Nose section of “Fertile Myrtile” inside the hangar at Fantasy of Flight

Arjun Sarup N29KW

754 11 0 Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Inside the hangar at Fantasy of Flight museum

Arjun Sarup N47FF

155 1 0 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt

Airworthy F3F-2 in the hangar at Fantasy of Flight museum

Arjun Sarup N26KW

201 2 0 Grumman F-3F-2

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On display at Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum

Arjun Sarup 161134

31 0 0 Grumman F-14A Tomcat

Suspended vertically at Steven F

Arjun Sarup N10LL

230 6 0 Loudenslager Laser 200

Val awaiting restoration at Planes of Fame Air Museum

Arjun Sarup N3131G

157 1 0 Aichi D3A2