Eighty-three years ago today, on September 21, 1942, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress took to the skies for the very first time. This four-engine heavy bomber represented a major leap forward in ...

Of the nearly 4,000 B-29 bombers produced, just two are still in the air. Aviation photojournalist Mike Killian flew on one of them, FiFi. Read the account of his experience here.

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is one of the most iconic aircraft in aviation history. While it is often remembered for dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and for launching experimental ...

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Suffering an arduous start in the CBI Theater, the B-29 would initially struggle to prove its worth, the victim of teething problems from its rapid development and production, along with supply issues ...