http://calitreview.com/698 An arts and culture magazine. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://calitreview.com/698/comment-page-1#comment-230486 Debbie Jennings Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:39:24 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=698#comment-230486 There were only two WASP who checked out in the B-29 - thanks to Col. Paul Tibbets - who flew the Enola Gay and dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. He was training men to fly it - and they hated its dangerous reputation. So Col. Tibbets thought if 2 WASP could fly it - the men would follow them and perform. It worked!! There were only two WASP who checked out in the B-29 – thanks to Col. Paul Tibbets – who flew the Enola Gay and dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. He was training men to fly it – and they hated its dangerous reputation. So Col. Tibbets thought if 2 WASP could fly it – the men would follow them and perform. It worked!!

]]> http://calitreview.com/698/comment-page-1#comment-36915 Ricahard BArbosa Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:07:25 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=698#comment-36915 I had the plesure of being able to go inside a B29 ,It had visited Miller Air Park in Ocean Co New Jersey,whle we were in th cock pit a older lady sat inthe pilots seat and adjusted things as if shw really new what she was doing. The person giving the tour remarked as toher knowledge of the aircraft she state dthat she had flown B29's as a ferry pilot during the war,really impressed me .REecently retired cop I now work in a branch of the ocean co library system. There was a old guy in one day who had a hst on stating he had flown in 29's during the was i related th above to him, he became very loud protesting that no women could fly one, is the any publications that i can get a hold of to prove him wrong thank you Richard Barbosa I had the plesure of being able to go inside a B29 ,It had visited Miller Air Park in Ocean Co New Jersey,whle we were in th cock pit a older lady sat inthe pilots seat and adjusted things as if shw really new what she was doing. The person giving the tour remarked as toher knowledge of the aircraft she state dthat she had flown B29′s as a ferry pilot during the war,really impressed me .REecently retired cop I now work in a branch of the ocean co library system. There was a old guy in one day who had a hst on stating he had flown in 29′s during the was i related th above to him, he became very loud protesting that no women could fly one, is the any publications that i can get a hold of to prove him wrong thank you Richard Barbosa

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