B-29 Doc Visit

[Aragorn243]

I'm on a roll. Up close and personal with a B-17 last weekend and actually in a B-29 this weekend.

Doc, one of two flying B-29's is in Allentown this week. Has been there since Monday and is leaving this coming Monday so if you are in the area of Central PA and want to go see her, you can tomorrow.

I figured we'd just go, get in a short line and be in and out but it has a massive turnout so if you are planning to go, go early. We got there around 12:30 and we waited in line nearly 3 hours. It was 3:30 when we were finally standing in the cockpit.

My wife, believe it or not, loved it, not sure why, she's not huge into military things but she didn't complain about the line at all and was excited to be in the plane. I'll post some photos tomorrow when I get them downloaded. Just figured I'd get this out there just in case. I know there are a few members that live nearby.

The tour is $10 which is reasonable, they say operating costs of this are $12,000 an hour which seems incredible.

If you're well off, you can take a ride on it. Prices vary but they aren't cheap. $1500 to ride in the cockpit, a bit less in the gunner positions.