It was called Metro 66 ,it was to show the capabilities of stol aircraft.

PointyEngine wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2014 2:26 pm

J31 wrote:How is this for a short landing..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVh8BQeFt9c&NR=1
I think this was the B-29 recovery that went wrong in Greenland.

The Buffalo was used during the restoration and recovery of a B-29 that went down some time ago. Here's a link to the Doco, probably the saddest movie out there, will bring a grown man to tears!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds

I think that was a caribou. And the flaps were U/s

Daryl greenmayer was a childhood hero I read the book about the recovery and thought what an @sshat

The Buffalo was used during the restoration and recovery of a B-29 that went down some time ago. Here's a link to the Doco, probably the saddest movie out there, will bring a grown man to tears!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds

FWIW:
While the Youtube video is gone already, I assume that was "B-29 Frozen in Time", shown on NOVA many years ago. Still available elsewhere on Youtube at 240p. Also available on the high seas world of torrents at higher resolution.