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This WWII Boeing bomber inspired the Millennium Falcon cockpit

The cockpit of the Millennium Falcon looks like pure science fiction, but its layout and feel are rooted in a very specific World War II machine. Long before Han Solo and Chewbacca were flipping ...
Jalopnik

This WWII Boeing Bomber Inspired The Millenium Falcon's Iconic Cockpit

"Star Wars" is pretty much World War II in space. Not just because of the overarching plot involving an evil empire and dogfights between airplanes/spacecraft, but because so much of the first movie — ...
Forbes

Yes, You Can Fly On A B-29 Bomber. Here’s What The Experience Is Like

Of the 3,900 B-29 bombers built between 1943 and 1946, only two are still flying, and both are kept in the air by not-for-profit organizations. FiFi, owned and operated by The Commemorative Air Force ...
AOL

Photos show the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki

The plane is on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The museum restored the plane's nose art and included a recreation of the Fat Man bomb. The National Museum of the ...