1944 Boeing B-29 Superfortress "FiFi"

(Video was filmed over two days)
Various start up and idling angles and one shut down sequence. PSA- Sorry for no take offs or landings (they were at a premium)
Active History of this particular B-29, it was built by Boeing at the Renton factory in Washington state, it was a B-29A (B-29A-60-BN Boeing-Renton) with tail number 44-62070. It was delivered in 1945 by the USAAF in Kansas. It was modified into a TB-29A and served administrative duties. It was placed in storage in the desert until 1953, then being active again. It was finally retired officially from military duty in 1958 and placed at the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station by the US Navy Naval Weapons Center, along with 36 other sister B-29s.
Post Military History was that the newly formed Confederate Air Force (Commemorative Air Force post 2002) was searching for a B-29 and their rational was to find one with the nose glass fully intact. Their reasoning was that engines and wings or interior fittings could be sourced from other B-29 around but the nose glass being very intricate and curved would be near impossible to duplicate (told to me by a CAF member). This is the one they found and was flown by pilot Randy Sohn to Texas in 1971 (1250 miles from China Lake). In 1974, it was christened "FiFi" in honor of Vic Agather's wife (Josephine O'Connor), as well as the big black A on the tail of the plane. He was the liaison who helped them acquire it, even though it was owned by the government. It wasn't in use and after all the paper work and fences was handed over to the CAF.
Her original Wright R-3350-57AM were retired (the plane was originally restored in 1974, an overhaul in 1991 at Boeing in Seattle, Washington, overhaul in 2005 and the engine overhaul in 2010 ) in 2010 and a new combination/hybrid engines (Wright R-3350-95W and Wright R-3350-26WD) were used from Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar and Douglas A-1 Skyraider engines due to the originals giving them problems in 2008 due to old age, including an engine failure at an airshow.

[@JMorgan-hx1ig]

I am glad I came across your channel. You let the cars and planes do your talking. The sound of FiFi was captured well and a true delight.

[@BFDdrives]

Amazing plane! The big four propellars are really impressing.

[@coldstartarchives]

Fantastic work on the front facing cold start

[@DiecastNewb]

Such an impressive machine. Fifi is cool AF!!