B-29 Tragedy.

[Azimech]

Originally Posted by Richard

I hope they'll never be able to go near an airplane restoration ever again, what a flock of amateurs, makes me sick.

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Come on! The only thing that went wrong was the APU. They've managed things most of us can only dream about!

I'm a hobby mechanic. Transformed my own car, that sort of jazz, often working in the snow on my back. I know how much work even replacing or repairing a car engine can be while your hands are numb. Doing so in such conditions is terrible. I'd want to drink a lot of alcohol just to keep me going, but working on a 50 year old a/c would be too much risk.

Yes, maybe it would've been smarter to ferry the B29 by other means, but this man apparently had his reasons. It almost worked, don't forget that. We wouldn't even got as far as replacing one engine. If you want to take off in a plane that has been stationary for 50 years in any country that has air traffic regulations, they'd tell you to completely strip the thing bare and restore it.