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Description
| Manufacturer: | Boeing | |
| Base model: | B-29 | |
| Designation: | B-29 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | Superfortress | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | |
| Basic role: | Bomber | |
Specifications
| Length: | 99' 0" | 30.1 m | |
| Height: | 27' 9" | 8.4 m | |
| Wingspan: | 141' 3" | 43.0 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,739.0 sq ft | 161.5 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 69,610 lb | 31,569 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 140,000 lb | 63,492 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 141,100 lb | 63,990 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 4 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright R-3350-57 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 2200 | ||
Performance
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Castle Air Museum | Atwater | California |
| Kelly Field Heritage Museum | Kelly AFB | Texas |
| March Field Air Museum | Riverside | California |
| New England Air Museum | Windsor Locks | Connecticut |
| Whiteman AFB | Whiteman AFB | Missouri |
B-29A on display
Castle Air Museum | Kelly Field Heritage Museum | March Field Museum | New England Air Museum | |
Whiteman AFB |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Richard Sim Goose Bay, NF | The location of The Great Artiste in Goose Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador Canada. Not Alaska. It was scraped and buried along side Rwy 16/34 of CFB Goose Bay
The site can be accessed and some pieces of the skin and other parts are poking out of the sand. You can see the site on Google Earth N53 20.023 W060 25.721 The Wikipage is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Artiste Too bad the aircraft was never preserved. With the large USAF presence here from the 40s to 60s the are many a/c wreck sites here, including a B-36H and a RB47C. 11/07/2011 @ 08:08 [ref: 50021] |
| R.BRUCE , FL | MY UNCLE FLEW ON THE B-29 'REBELS ROOST' DURING W.W.II.. I AM TRYING TO LOCATE ANY SUBSEQUENT PHOTOS OR INFORMATION ,OR JUST WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 'OLE GIRL' FOLLOWING W.W.II.I BELIEVE THAT SHE SAW SERVICE IN KOREA. ANY AND ALL INFO WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.. 09/27/2011 @ 18:29 [ref: 49277] |
| David Franklin Indianapolis, IN | I was an Air Force brat and grew up around Barksdale and Offut AFBs. At Offut there was a great museum that used to be at the end of the runway that had a B-29. The museum has since moved to west of Omaha near the Platt River (about 30 miles away) and the Offut personnel don't get to see the B-29 or any of the great planes that retired there. I look at these photos and it reminds me of my late Father. What a great time to be alive and working....when these machines ruled the air and our country wasn't at war with each other. 06/02/2007 @ 06:58 [ref: 16710] |
| Melvin K Steele SMSGT (ret) Citrus Heights, CA | Why do some of the B-29s have "deicer boots" installed and others don't. 12/15/2006 @ 15:37 [ref: 15010] |
| bill lv, NV | march air field was awesome had b-29 great 08/12/2005 @ 21:32 [ref: 10984] |
| bill lv, NV | march air field was awesome had b-29 great 08/12/2005 @ 21:32 [ref: 10983] |
| Gregg , MN | You have list of known B-29A serial numbers. However I have an old photo of a B-29A with the serial number 44-69817 that went by the name "Ready Bettie" I do not know the year of the photo nor do I know the location. Its crew are also in the photo though no names are provided. However I know one name of the crew being he was my late father-in-law Joe Steil. he was the navigator I have been told. Does this mean anything to anyone? Would really like to learn more. Thanks Gregg 08/06/2005 @ 00:17 [ref: 10932] |
| Dave Hendren , ME | The B-29 at Whiteman AFB has done it's share of traveling, and for a while I was privliged to work on it at Pease AFB,NH.
It arrived at Pease on flatbeds and at that stage still had side sighting blisters. I always wondered how after so many years we could still raise and lower the gear with their own motors. After reassembly and placement at the main gate one of the right side bomb bay doors was stenciled with the names of those who work on her. I wonder if my name is still there after 25 or so years? 10/04/2004 @ 20:47 [ref: 8395] |
| Dave , VA | I hate to tell you but the aircraft you see at the gate of Whiteman AFB is not the real Great Artiste. The aircraft at Whiteman's serial number is #44-61671 and was produced by the Boeing Renton plant, while the actual Artiste's number was 44-27353 and was produced by Martin Omaha with all the other Silverplate Atomic Bombers. All Silverplates were B-29's not B-29A's.
The original The Great Artiste was lost on September 3 1948 in Goose Bay Alaska. During a training mission there was an engine problem on takeoff. The pilot aborted the mission then circled around to land. He made a lengthy approach and touched down halfway down the runway. The AC couldnt stop and ran off onto an unfinished runway extension. There the pilot ground looped the B-29 to avoid a tractor. The Great Artiste was damaged so badly that it was never repaired and never flew again. It was dropped from the 509th CG and was scrapped in Goose Bay a year later in September of 1949. 03/14/2004 @ 01:40 [ref: 6979] |
| Dave , VA | The B-29A doesnt have an extra foot of wingspan! I dont know why in the world all these sites and books say that! They do have a different wing structure and attachment points but definately not a longer span. FiFi the only current flying B-29 is an A model and her wingspan is just 141'3" just like every other B-29 and B-50 for that matter. 03/09/2004 @ 12:10 [ref: 6939] |
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