Fortresses formation

[aeropilot]

Just seen this great shot posted which was taken last weekend at the airshow at Barksdale AFB, which saw the airshow debut of the recently restored B-29 'Doc'.

Formation of 3 x Boeing 'Fortresses'.....B17G Flying Fortress, B29 Superfortress and B-52H Stratofortress.

[db]

Nice
Haven't seen a Superfortress in the flesh let alone flying.

[z06tim]

Lovely stuff.

Db - you can see all of these at IWM Duxford. Obviously not flying tho!

[Simpo Two]

A great trio.

[Wobbegong]

I still think the B17 is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built

[Mr. Potato Head]

Have those three types of aircraft flown together before?

[V8 Fettler]

z06tim said:

Lovely stuff.

Db - you can see all of these at IWM Duxford. Obviously not flying tho!

Sally B flies out of Duxford

[aeropilot]

Mr. Potato Head said:

Have those three types of aircraft flown together before?

I believe this was a first as a staged flypast formation at a public event/airshow.

[RikJonAtk]

Any idea how fast they were going? I imagine it would have been quite slow by the B52's standards?

[aeropilot]

RikJonAtk said:

Any idea how fast they were going? I imagine it would have been quite slow by the B52's standards?

No idea, but looking at the smoke and amount of flap the BUFF has set, I'd imagine it was close to the limit of the 52's slow speed range, and the B17 was probably close to its practical max......

[z06tim]

V8 Fettler said:

z06tim said:

Lovely stuff.

Db - you can see all of these at IWM Duxford. Obviously not flying tho!

Sally B flies out of Duxford

Indeed. There's another in the American museum bldg too.

[spitfire-ian]

z06tim said:

V8 Fettler said:

z06tim said:

Lovely stuff.

Db - you can see all of these at IWM Duxford. Obviously not flying tho!

Sally B flies out of Duxford

Indeed. There's another in the American museum bldg too.

Along with a B-29 and B-52 which I imagine was the point being made that you can see all 3 in one building but not flying.

[dukeboy749r]

That B-29 is a thing of chrome and streamlined beauty.

[Eric Mc]

It does look nice in its natural metal scheme - which was the normal scheme for most B-29s (and B-50s).

The other flying B-29, "Fifi" had for many years been painted in a grey scheme which didn't look as good.

It looks like she's more metallic looking now but not as shiny as "Doc" -

[Ayahuasca]

db said:

Nice
Haven't seen a Superfortress in the flesh let alone flying.

You can see one for free on Bleaklow moor in Derbyshire. It is in quite a few bits mind.

Edited by Ayahuasca on Thursday 11th May 21:57

[db]

z06tim said:

Lovely stuff.

Db - you can see all of these at IWM Duxford. Obviously not flying tho!

I think I'm due a long overdue visit to Duxford

[anonymous-user]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=By2HawNh0-E

05:00 and 06:30 for the bomber passes. Might be others later on.

B1 and B52 at 08:00

Looks like a great air show.

[kurt535]

Beautiful

[danllama]

It must be a trick of perspective, that the B52 doesn't look much bigger than the B17 or B29 in the photo. It certainly does when you're standing under it in the AAM at Dux.