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Kevin Leas for The Wall Street Journal The crew -- composed of members of the Commemorative Air Force -- includes two people whose sole job is to scan the wings and engines for signs of smoke or fire.
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Kevin Leas for The Wall Street Journal Fifi 's current assignment follows a long journey back from near obsolescence.
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Kevin Leas for The Wall Street Journal Boasting a pressurized cabin and automated gun systems, the four-engine propeller plane could traverse long distances at high altitudes -- evading enemy fighters and anti-aircraft fire -- to drop thousands of pounds of high explosives on Japan.
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Kevin Leas for The Wall Street Journal Between flights, Fifi 's crew poses for photos for passengers and journalists.
Owners of the Last B-29 Hope It Doesn Peter Sanders 2010
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Kevin Leas for The Wall Street Journal Neils Agather, whose father rescued the plane from the California desert in 1971, said the Commemorative Air Force took in between $45,000 to $50,000 for rides aboard Fifi at last weekend 's AirSho.
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Kevin Leas for The Wall Street Journal Dave Miller, Fifi 's crew chief, says it costs roughly $9,000 an hour to operate the plane.
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Kevin Leas for The Wall Street Journal To make her return to the skies, she required a four-year, multimillion-dollar engine overhaul, and her owners had to navigate through a protracted spat with the Federal Aviation Administration to gain a new airworthiness certificate.
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Kevin Leas for The Wall Street Journal In its prime, the B-29 was the most sophisticated heavy bomber ever developed.
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Kevin Leas for The Wall Street Journal At a time when most vintage warplanes have retired to a quiet life on display in drafty museums, Fifi is embarking on a new mission: giving rides to paying enthusiasts and once again making the air-show rounds At left, Fifi 's crew posed for photos at the Midland, Texas, AirSho on Oct. 8.
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Cotton Makes a Comeback Kevin Leas for The Wall Street Journal Farm Belt Bounces Back
Flashback to 1870 as Cotton Hits Peak Adam Cancryn 2010
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