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Boeing B-29 Superfortress (N69972)
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress (N69972)

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dodonfred
Awesome picture - wish I were there!
roland pfeifer
Why were most of them not painted except for the nose art.
Theo Barker
Roland, in a word: weight, primarily.
marylou anderson
What a great airsho that must have been. Keep the great pics coming!
Joseph Immermann
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.
Mark Loupe
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
24-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Wittman Rgnl () 17:37 CDT 17:57 CDT 0:19
24-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 15:51 CDT 16:22 CDT 0:30
24-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 14:17 CDT 14:49 CDT 0:31
24-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 12:50 CDT 13:19 CDT 0:29
24-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 11:22 CDT 11:51 CDT 0:28
24-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 09:55 CDT 10:28 CDT 0:33
23-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 19:32 CDT 20:12 CDT 0:39
23-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 16:39 CDT 17:11 CDT 0:31
23-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 15:15 CDT 15:48 CDT 0:32
23-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 13:50 CDT 14:25 CDT 0:34
23-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 12:24 CDT 12:55 CDT 0:30
23-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 10:59 CDT 11:34 CDT 0:34
22-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 17:48 CDT 18:19 CDT 0:30
22-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 16:28 CDT 17:00 CDT 0:31
22-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 14:57 CDT 15:30 CDT 0:33
22-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 12:50 CDT 13:20 CDT 0:29
22-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 11:20 CDT 11:48 CDT 0:27
22-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 09:57 CDT 10:26 CDT 0:28
21-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 16:07 CDT 16:38 CDT 0:31
21-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 14:45 CDT 15:18 CDT 0:32
21-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 13:19 CDT 13:50 CDT 0:30
21-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 11:42 CDT 12:12 CDT 0:30
21-Jul-2025 UnknownAppleton Intl ()Appleton Intl () 10:05 CDT 10:36 CDT 0:30
20-Jul-2025 UnknownSouthern Wisconsin Rgnl ()Appleton Intl () 16:50 CDT 17:29 CDT 0:39
20-Jul-2025 UnknownSouthern Wisconsin Rgnl ()Southern Wisconsin Rgnl () 14:54 CDT 15:23 CDT 0:28
20-Jul-2025 UnknownSouthern Wisconsin Rgnl ()Southern Wisconsin Rgnl () 13:30 CDT 13:59 CDT 0:29
19-Jul-2025 UnknownSouthern Wisconsin Rgnl ()Southern Wisconsin Rgnl () 17:13 CDT 17:43 CDT 0:29
19-Jul-2025 UnknownSouthern Wisconsin Rgnl ()Southern Wisconsin Rgnl () 16:04 CDT 16:34 CDT 0:30
19-Jul-2025 UnknownSouthern Wisconsin Rgnl ()Southern Wisconsin Rgnl () 14:53 CDT 15:22 CDT 0:28
19-Jul-2025 UnknownSouthern Wisconsin Rgnl ()Southern Wisconsin Rgnl () 13:41 CDT 14:13 CDT 0:31
18-Jul-2025 UnknownSouthern Wisconsin Rgnl ()Southern Wisconsin Rgnl () 19:04 CDT 19:34 CDT 0:29
18-Jul-2025 UnknownSouthern Wisconsin Rgnl ()Southern Wisconsin Rgnl () 17:44 CDT 18:14 CDT 0:29
18-Jul-2025 B29Wichita Eisenhower ()Southern Wisconsin Rgnl () 11:06 CDT 14:04 CDT 2:57
16-Jul-2025 UnknownWichita Eisenhower ()Wichita Eisenhower () 10:12 CDT 11:03 CDT 0:51
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