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10/2/2012 3:26:36 PM EDT
No, its not Bingo, but the last (reportedly) flying Boeing B-29 Superfortress landed at Wiley Post Airport today,and is supposed to be on display for 6 days.

http://newsok.com/search?query=&index=all&site=newsok&search=wiley+post+airport&dropdown=newsok&x=0&y=0

Thers one on static display outside Tinker's Air Depot gate, but this one goes vroom vroom.

On a side note, i read the B-29 was rushed into production to bomb Japan, and the program actually cost MORE than the Manhattan Project that developed atomic bombs.
10/2/2012 3:38:36 PM EDT
[#1]
I'm for sure going to see it and the others.  I LOVE those old warbirds....my favorite is the F4U Corsair

Wish I could afford a ride in the B-29 but at around a +/- $1k it's way too expensive.
10/2/2012 5:13:04 PM EDT
[#2]
Sorry i missed the news earlier Are they taking people on flights? I know they did it when the B17 was in town and unfortunately I think it crashed.
10/3/2012 2:58:13 PM EDT
[#3]
It was flying low over downtown Tulsa too. Don't know if it stopped for fuel here or was just buzzing downtown, but it was a sight to behold.
10/3/2012 6:45:53 PM EDT
[#4]
That would be a sight to see for sure! Maybe a motorcycle trip is in order... Unless it rains
10/3/2012 9:24:17 PM EDT
[#5]
Anyone have a link to more info?  As usual the local news outlets are predictably vague and utterly useless.  Just need info like hours, cost, parking, what's available on location and what's not allowed.
10/4/2012 2:20:05 AM EDT
[#6]
you have but to ask, and ye shall receive

http://www.wileypostairport.com/Page/NewsEvents#FIFI come to WPA

its more than a B-29, there's a P-51 Mustang, and others  too.
Its a show / display by what used to be the Confederate Air Force until the pussies and libtards decided "confederate" was offensive and racist and renamed in the Commemorative Air Force.
10/4/2012 3:44:01 AM EDT
[#7]
P-51 Mustang Brat III  Start at $1,995. Now that would be a blast as long as Jack Roush isnt flying!
10/4/2012 10:00:20 PM EDT
[#8]
The B-29 was awesome.  The P-51 Mustang was awesome.  Ok, all the planes were awesome even if there wasn't many of them.  I would have LOVED to have rode in the Mustang but at two THOUSAND dollars I had to say HELL no.  I think they need to rethink their prices...maybe it's better to charge $300 and get 10 people to ride to make $3000 than to charge $2000 and get NOBODY to ride.  I think they finally got enough people to take the B29 up and they got a few people to ride in the Stearman but not a single person signed up to ride in the Mustang.  

All in all it was worth the $10 to get in just to walk through the B29...it was very cool.