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Boeing B-29 Superfortress (N69972)
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Awesome picture - wish I were there!
Why were most of them not painted except for the nose art.
Roland, in a word: weight, primarily.
What a great airsho that must have been. Keep the great pics coming!
Roland - by late in the war our bases in England were not nearly as vulnerable to attack, so camo no longer needed as much from that standpoint, and the bomber formations had such a massive visual signature from the exhaust contrails that camo did not really matter much in the air either. I suppose if you were a straggler flying alone you would want camo, but for the most part late in the war it was just not as necessary.
Most paint for those size aircraft weigh between 2-4000#. It saves fuel and maintenance.
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| Date | Aircraft | Origin | Destination | Departure | Arrival | Duration |
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| 02-May-2025 | Unknown | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 10:53AM PDT | 11:30AM PDT | 0:36 |
| 02-May-2025 | Unknown | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 09:19AM PDT | 09:49AM PDT | 0:30 |
| 02-May-2025 | Unknown | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 07:55AM PDT | 08:24AM PDT | 0:29 |
| 29-Apr-2025 | Unknown | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 01:58PM PDT | 02:42PM PDT | 0:44 |
| 29-Apr-2025 | Unknown | Phoenix Goodyear (KGYR) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 11:51AM MST | 01:35PM PDT | 1:44 |
| 27-Apr-2025 | Unknown | Phoenix Goodyear (KGYR) | Phoenix Goodyear (KGYR) | 07:44AM MST | 08:10AM MST | 0:26 |
| 26-Apr-2025 | Unknown | Phoenix Goodyear (KGYR) | Phoenix Goodyear (KGYR) | 10:50AM MST | 11:16AM MST | 0:26 |
| 26-Apr-2025 | Unknown | Phoenix Goodyear (KGYR) | Phoenix Goodyear (KGYR) | 09:01AM MST | 09:28AM MST | 0:27 |
| 26-Apr-2025 | Unknown | Phoenix Goodyear (KGYR) | Phoenix Goodyear (KGYR) | 07:47AM MST | 08:15AM MST | 0:27 |
| 21-Apr-2025 | Unknown | Abilene Rgnl (KABI) | Phoenix Goodyear (KGYR) | 12:36PM CDT | 02:13PM MST | 3:36 |
| 21-Apr-2025 | Unknown | Abilene Rgnl (KABI) | Abilene Rgnl (KABI) | 08:59AM CDT | 09:28AM CDT | 0:28 |
| 20-Apr-2025 | Unknown | Dyess Afb (KDYS) | Abilene Rgnl (KABI) | 04:52PM CDT | 05:00PM CDT | 0:08 |
| 20-Apr-2025 | Unknown | Dyess Afb (KDYS) | Dyess Afb (KDYS) | 01:52PM CDT | 02:16PM CDT | 0:24 |
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