WIX Archives
Re: 2nd attempt to recover "Kee Bird"?
Posted by CF on Wed Feb 26, 2003 05:50:46 PM
In reply top 2nd attempt to recover "Kee Bird"? posted by Rob Mears on Tue Feb 25, 2003 09:48:56 PM
No, we do not have a B-29.
: I ran across the US Airpower Museum website and their pitc
: h to recover the substantial remains of "Kee Bird". Are t
: hese the same fellas that made the first attempt? I suppo
: se if you had a spare fuselage lying around, the bits that
: still remain on the ice cap would constitute the makings
: of an airworthy restoration. Still not sure if the pain f
: rom the first attempt has subsided enough to warrant a sec
: ond go at it. Regardless, I hate to see what's left of he
: r remain abandoned up there.
:
: On a similar note, doesn't Bob Collings have a B-29 in sto
: rage somewhere? For a moment I was having pie in the sky
: visions of "Fifi", "Doc", "Kee Bird", as well as the Kermi
: t Weeks, and Collings(?) B-29's all participating in a WWI
: I 75th anniversary mass flyover along with all of the heav
: y bombers that frequent the Yankee Air Museum show :):) A
: hhh, to dream!