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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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| 19-May-2025 | Unknown | Ocean County (KMJX) | Republic (KFRG) | 10:14AM EDT | 11:02AM EDT | 0:47 |
| 19-May-2025 | Unknown | Mc Guire Fld (Joint Base Mc Guire Dix Lakehurst) (KWRI) | Ocean County (KMJX) | 08:03AM EDT | 08:20AM EDT (?) | 0:16 |
| 15-May-2025 | Unknown | Northeast Philadelphia (KPNE) | Mc Guire Fld (Joint Base Mc Guire Dix Lakehurst) (KWRI) | 05:09PM EDT | 05:28PM EDT (?) | 0:19 |
| 15-May-2025 | Unknown | New Castle (KILG) | Northeast Philadelphia (KPNE) | 03:10PM EDT | 04:00PM EDT | 0:50 |
| 12-May-2025 | Unknown | Evansville Rgnl (KEVV) | New Castle (KILG) | 11:39AM CDT | 03:58PM EDT | 3:19 |
| 11-May-2025 | Unknown | Evansville Rgnl (KEVV) | Evansville Rgnl (KEVV) | 12:41PM CDT | 01:08PM CDT | 0:26 |
| 11-May-2025 | Unknown | Evansville Rgnl (KEVV) | Evansville Rgnl (KEVV) | 10:56AM CDT | 11:28AM CDT | 0:32 |
| 11-May-2025 | Unknown | Evansville Rgnl (KEVV) | Evansville Rgnl (KEVV) | 09:18AM CDT | 09:50AM CDT | 0:32 |
| 11-May-2025 | Unknown | Evansville Rgnl (KEVV) | Evansville Rgnl (KEVV) | 07:57AM CDT | 08:29AM CDT | 0:32 |
| 10-May-2025 | Unknown | Evansville Rgnl (KEVV) | Evansville Rgnl (KEVV) | 11:12AM CDT | 11:42AM CDT | 0:30 |
| 10-May-2025 | Unknown | Evansville Rgnl (KEVV) | Evansville Rgnl (KEVV) | 09:05AM CDT | 09:36AM CDT | 0:30 |
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