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Monday, February 18, 2008 - 9:51 PM
While surfing today I came across this video of a HUMONGOUS 1/5 scale B-29 Superfortress called Dina Might. It was built in Belgium, has four 160cc engines, weighs 463 pounds dry and has a wingspan of nearly 30'! In this VIDEO you can see it takes 2 pilots and a small ground crew to fly this beast. It is listed in Guinness Book as the worlds largest RC airplane in the world. UAV's excluded.
This model is based on Dinah Might, a B-29 with the USAAF 9th Bomb Group
that reported it was low on fuel near the island and requested an emergency
landing. Despite enemy fire, the airplane became the first Allied aircraft to land on the
Allied-controlled section of Iwo Jima during WW2.
The real deal.
 
Without incident, it was
serviced, refueled and departed.
Enjoy! -Rich.
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