Flying “FIFI”
Picture of Kit and the crew of the B-29 Superfortress "FIFI" at the Great Bend Airport Air Fest on September 2015.

Picture of Kit and the crew of the B-29 Superfortress "FIFI" at the Great Bend Airport Air Fest on September 2015.

kit-in-a-seat-behind-the-b29-superfortress-pilot

Kit in a seat behind the B-29 Superfortress pilot holding a picture of her Dad. Metaphorically speaking, Kit is looking over her Dad's shoulder during flight.

The darling of the B-29's during WWII, a P-51 single seat fighter airplane

The darling of the B-29's during WWII, a P-51 single seat fighter airplane. This particular airplane escorted "FIFI" during my flight. Gave me goose-bumps.

Japanese Zero World War 2 War Plane

No WWII warbird airfest is complete without a Japanese Zero in a mock aeronautical fight with the P-51. It was awesome!!

Baka Japanese World War 2 Airplane

Approximately 5000 Japanese gave their lives to the Emperor navigating this aircraft against the Americans during WWII. The American's named it "baka" - Japanese for "idiot".

Enola Gay B29 airplane at the Smithsonian Air and Field Museum

The B-29 "Enola Gay" at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. She's huge!

Tug used to pull b29 Superfortress during World War 2

A tug was used to pull B-29 Superfortresses during WWII.

Kit Crumpton in a P-51 at the Great Bend Air Fest

Me in a P-51 at the Great Bend Air Fest in September 2018!

P-51 Airplane

The P-51!