Evergreen pilot nabs second place in air race Oct 31, 2009
Not content to just wait until next,year, owner Rod Lewis bought a newly prepared stock engine from a group restoring a B-29 bomber. The Rare Bear crew installed it just before the races, but without time for flight testing. (Denver Post)
B-29 Leadership Oct 30, 2009
But these lessons leaped right out when a World War II veteran described his experiences as a member of a B-29 bomber crew ... You might think that the leadership style used with a B-29 bomber crew might be, well, a bit bombastic shall we say ... Yet, there's something unique about how this B-29 bomber crew worked together that seems to defy both stereotypical military and corporate leadership logic. (Energy Pulse, CO)
Hiroshima, Nagasaki to bid for 2020 Olympics Oct 14, 2009
The city was instantly flattened and an estimated 140,000 people were killed or died within months after the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped the bomb in the waning days of World War II.. Slide show. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Hiroshima, Nagasaki to bid for 2020 Oly Games Oct 12, 2009
The city was instantly flattened and an estimated 140,000 people were killed or died within months after the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped the bomb in the waning days of World War II.. Three days later, the U.S. dropped another atomic bomb on the port city of Nagasaki, killing about 80,000 people. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Triumph of the Friendly Monster -- Book Follows the Thrilling Adventure of a Bomber Plane During World War II Oct 8, 2009
Friendly Monster was the code name for the B-29 bomber plane flown by a crew under the command of Cox. The story begins with their training period and introduction to the state-of-the-art airplane. (Primezone Releases)
POC has changed as years passed Sep 18, 2009
With the introduction of the B-29 bomber, Albrecht s group was disbanded. The war in Europe was drawing to a close, but became more intense in the Pacific. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
Matthew Casey: Nuclear hindsight is 20/20 Aug 12, 2009
On Aug. 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber dropped a weapon containing 140 pounds of uranium over the center of Hiroshima. Though only. (Medfield Press, MA)
* Hiroshimas mayor calls for abolition Aug 7, 2009
Hiroshima was instantly flattened and an estimated 140,000 people were killed or died within months when the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped its deadly payload in the waning days of World War II.. Three days after that attack on Hiroshima, the US dropped a plutonium bomb on the city of Nagasaki, killing about 80,000 people. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Hiroshima Mayor Urges End of Nukes Aug 6, 2009
Hiroshima was instantly flattened and an estimated 140,000 people were killed or died within months when the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped its deadly payload in the waning days of World War II.. Three days after that attack on Hiroshima, the U.S. dropped a plutonium bomb on the city of Nagasaki, killing about 80,000 people. (Time.com)
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Jun 6, 2009
The Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber named for its pilot s mother, dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, on Hiroshima, Japan. It is the largest preserved military aircraft in the Smithsonian collection. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Obama's Gramps After D-Day Jun 5, 2009
Madelyn, the beloved grandmother known as "Toot" who helped raise the future president, did her part for the war effort, working the night shift as a supervisor on the B-29 bomber assembly line at the Boeing plant. Her brother is part of the war story, too. (CBS News -- US)
L.A. hotels storied past may save it from doom Apr 30, 2009
Also listed are the Utah hangar that housed the Enola Gay B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan; the Hawaiian town of Lanai City featuring plantation-style homes built by 1920s pineapple baron James Dole; and Miami Marine Stadium, which along with the Century Plaza is an example of 1960s modernist architecture that preservationists say is increasingly under threat of redevelopment. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Lanai City listed among 11 endangered historic sites Apr 29, 2009
Also listed are the Utah hangar that housed the Enola Gay B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and Miami Marine Stadium, which along with the Century Plaza is an example of 1960s modernist architecture that preservationists say is increasingly under threat of redevelopment. The Century Plaza Hotel was built at the core of Century City, a high-rise district in Los Angeles on the former site of a 20th Century Fox movie lot. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Nuclear bomber hangar among endangered U.S. sites Apr 28, 2009
The Enola Gay hangar, which housed the B-29 bomber that dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, is in a critical state of disrepair at the remote Wendover, Utah, airfield, the Trust said. A federal grant of 450,000 was recently approved for work on the massive hangar, but the Trust said it believed that about 5 million was needed to restore the building, whose history has generated controversy. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Lanai City on list of endangered historic sites Apr 28, 2009
Also listed are the Utah hangar that housed the Enola Gay B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan; the Hawaiian town of Lanai City featuring plantation-style homes built by 1920s pineapple baron James Dole; and Miami Marine Stadium, which along with the Century Plaza is an example of 1960s modernist architecture that preservationists say is increasingly under threat of redevelopment ... Also listed are the Utah hangar that housed the Enola Gay B-29 bomber that dropped an... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
No Nukes for You! Apr 13, 2009
Dutch served as the navigator for the Enola Gay, the American B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. He shared his firsthand experience of the monumental event that precipitated the end of World War II and inaugurated the nuclear age. (Townhall.com)
Nuclear survivor tells of two blasts Mar 26, 2009
On August 6, 1945, he was in Hiroshima, preparing to return home from a business trip when the American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, dropped an atomic bomb on the city. Mr Yamaguchi lived, while 140,000 other people who were in the city that morning died, some in an agonising instant, others many months later. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
'Rosies' reminisce about jobs, plan outreach Mar 1, 2009
After spending a year designing blueprints for B-29 bombers during World War II, Harriet Frankel had a baby, took a few years off and came back to apply for a job at the Lockheed-Georgia plant in Marietta ... I was the second woman in the engineering department to do production illustration for the B-29 bomber, Frankel, now 89, said at a meeting of the Atlanta Rosie chapter Saturday in Decatur. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Quagga mussels clogging Lake Mead & the Hoover Dam Feb 24, 2009
Divers report them smothering everything on the lake bottom, from beer cans to a downed B-29 bomber. The rapacious, razor-sharp invaders are bloodying Lake Mead marina workers and are so thick in some places they've even sunk buoys. (KTNV - Action News)
Living Under the Cloud Feb 17, 2009
The 12 Americans who on Aug. 6, 1945, boarded the B-29 bomber with the name Enola Gay painted on its nose would forget little about that long day. They remembered staying up through the night and eating breakfast long before dawn. (Time.com)
All in a days work, Ringgold native recalls nuclear testing Feb 12, 2009
Not only was Ringgold native Calvin Neal, 78, there, he was in the nose of a B-29 bomber tracking the radiation cloud given off by each blast. "We were trying to find out where the radiation was going so they could warn airlines and plot fallouts," Neal said. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
