B-29 nose gear extension from the wheel well | B-29 “Doc”

Special thanks to the B-29 “Doc” crew for the amazing opportunity to film their aircraft!

[flexinclouds]

Man its hard to fathom just how brave those men were in ww2 & afterwards flying b17's & b29's. Those men were built different.

[manofthetombs]

Beautiful and frightening at the same time

[xyzaero]

I had the same view in the Lockheed C-121/L749 Constellation. You can actually crawl into the forward baggage compartment, lie on your belly and slide open a door. Once that was accomplished your head was in the front wheel well. By the time the gear goes down and the the gear doors open, you have the most amazing view and aircraft can offer 😇

[timchapman]

An amazing product of high engineering and technical competence. We must be grateful for the fact three are still flying.

[stevesandy]

With B29 Doc being from Wichita where I live and grew up, it's great to see him flying over my house frequently but more so to see him flying all over the country spreading that joy and awww of him in flight. So cool.

[rolandocrisostomo]

You gotta love the look of those rivets.

[A-Aviator]

That’s the greatest thing I’ve seen all week

[MarkBlaine-ezbu]

Man i hope they keep Doc flying forever.

[paulp]

What a beautiful machine clean as a new pin lovely engineering when you think these plane gave us our freedoms flown by young fellows who weren’t old enough to buy a beer thank you all 👍🇬🇧

[pamelarobinson]

Crosses that one off the ole bucket list.... 😊

[ernesthill]

Interesting factoid, the B29 lacked a steerable nose wheel. It simply castered freely. While taxiing, the plane was steered with differential braking.
Once the takeoff run began, the throttles were used to provide directional control until about 90kts were achieved. Only then did the rudder have enough air flowing over it to become effective.

From my late uncle Bill Searcy, flight engineer on b29s during the Korean War.
Rest in peace, Uncle Bill 🙏

[bojanglesobrien]

Nothing quite like the wind that comes from a jump door or landing gear access.

[jeffreygosselin]

That looks safe. Especially at night.

😬

[TheAviationBoy]

That's a great view !
Just don't drop your phone...

[aa-suxw]

Hell yeah!
My Father flew in the B-29 squadron in Guam 👍
What a beautiful Aircraft at its time!

[robvilla]

So considering the B-29 was pressurized, that hatch can be made to seal properly? I wouldn’t have thought by looking at it from that brief view.

[lindoxaba]

Some of us could have died without noticing this view thank you bro😊

[chrispengraves]

Now that would be a dream come true for me.

[abdallahuae]

Why there is an opening in the landing gear compartment???

[danosborne]

Imagine if this was today! They would have to redesign the whole plane for "safety"🤘😝🤘