Now there is one heck of a view! Absolutely beautiful pictures, here! Thank you so much for the upload and the chance to see a piece of history!

Thank you. I work next to that airport and its like a never ending airshow there.

O_O Do they still fly this one? That would be amazing to know she's still in operation, in some context!

Oh yes FiFi is still flying, was the only flying B29 until a year or so back. The plane had been a target at a Navy weapons center until it was purchased in the early 1970s by the CAF. I first saw it flying at an airshow in the mid 1970s

That's wonderful to hear! And the news about the second one, Doc, pleases me just as much to hear!! Thank you, and please do forgive my tardiness in replying to this comment! I hope one day to see these beauties in person: flying or otherwise!

The other flying B29 is Doc - returned to flight in 2017. There are some great pics on the web of Doc and Fifi flying in formation

This reminds me a bit of the cockpit of the millennium falcon. Were the pilots well protected by bulletproof glass or was this simply normal glass which covered them?

George Lucas toured that B29 in 1974 - right after it was restored to flying condition. He used a lot of elements from WW2 equipment for the visuals of Star Wars. The windows were of aircraft Plexiglass and were not bullet proof.

Thank you very much, Howard! It is fascinating to hear that this machine was the inspiration for the famous spaceship! The glass was just Plexiglass? The people back then sure where tough! I probably would have been really scared to fly around in a aircraft which has such weak armor. I visited a more modern bomber in Switzerland and I was told that it was very strongly armored, with titanium walls and very durable, bulletproof glass (but the Swiss bomber was designed for very high altitudes, if I remember correctly). Howard, I hope that we two never have to serve on such machines!