Del 24 Jan 1958

7/45: TOS USAAF as B-29A 44-62070. 4/46: Converted to TB-29. 10/51 to 4/52: Restored back to B-29A. 4/52: 310th Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill AFB, KS. 8/53: 3510th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, TX. 11/53: Converted to TB-29A. 10/56: TOS USN; to Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA; used as a range target. 3/71: Confederate Air Force with c/n N4249. Restored to ferry. 8/71: Ferried to Harlingen, TX. By1978: Restored using parts from three other B-29s. 8/81: Re-registered as N529B. 1983: Used in the movie, "The Right Stuff" as the mother ship. 2006-2010: Full overhaul and new engines.

7/45: TOS USAAF as B-29A 44-62070. 4/46: Converted to TB-29. 10/51 to 4/52: Restored back to B-29A. 4/52: 310th Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill AFB, KS. 8/53: 3510th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, TX. 11/53: Converted to TB-29A. 10/56: TOS USN; to Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA; used as a range target. 3/71: Confederate Air Force with c/n N4249. Restored to ferry. 8/71: Ferried to Harlingen, TX. By1978: Restored using parts from three other B-29s. 8/81: Re-registered as N529B. 1983: Used in the movie, "The Right Stuff" as the mother ship. 2006-2010: Full overhaul and new engines.

7/45: TOS USAAF as B-29A 44-62070. 4/46: Converted to TB-29. 10/51 to 4/52: Restored back to B-29A. 4/52: 310th Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill AFB, KS. 8/53: 3510th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, TX. 11/53: Converted to TB-29A. 10/56: TOS USN; to Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA; used as a range target. 3/71: Confederate Air Force with c/n N4249. Restored to ferry. 8/71: Ferried to Harlingen, TX. By1978: Restored using parts from three other B-29s. 8/81: Re-registered as N529B. 1983: Used in the movie, "The Right Stuff" as the mother ship. 2006-2010: Full overhaul and new engines.

July/45: TOS USAAF as B-29A 44-62070. April/46: Converted to TB-29. October/51 to April/52: Restored back to B-29A. april/52: 310th Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill AFB, KS. August/53: 3510th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, TX. November/53: Converted to TB-29A. October/56: TOS USN; to Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA; used as a range target. March/71: Confederate Air Force with c/n N4249. Restored to ferry. August/71: Ferried to Harlingen, TX. By 1978: Restored using parts from three other B-29s. August/81: Re-registered as N529B. 1983: Used in the movie, "The Right Stuff" as the mother ship. 2006-2010: Full overhaul and new engines.

7/45: TOS USAAF as B-29A 44-62070. 4/46: Converted to TB-29. 10/51 to 4/52: Restored back to B-29A. 4/52: 310th Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill AFB, KS. 8/53: 3510th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, TX. 11/53: Converted to TB-29A. 10/56: TOS USN; to Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA; used as a range target. 3/71: Confederate Air Force with c/n N4249. Restored to ferry. 8/71: Ferried to Harlingen, TX. By1978: Restored using parts from three other B-29s. 8/81: Re-registered as N529B. 1983: Used in the movie, "The Right Stuff" as the mother ship. 2006-2010: Full overhaul and new engines.

7/45: TOS USAAF as B-29A 44-62070. 4/46: Converted to TB-29. 10/51 to 4/52: Restored back to B-29A. 4/52: 310th Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill AFB, KS. 8/53: 3510th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, TX. 11/53: Converted to TB-29A. 10/56: TOS USN; to Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA; used as a range target. 3/71: Confederate Air Force with c/n N4249. Restored to ferry. 8/71: Ferried to Harlingen, TX. By1978: Restored using parts from three other B-29s. 8/81: Re-registered as N529B. 1983: Used in the movie, "The Right Stuff" as the mother ship. 2006-2010: Full overhaul and new engines.

Ex USAAF 43-11719 owned by the Confederate Air Force (later Commemorative Air Force). This aircraft must have ranked as the most rare warbird flying at the time, because she was one of only two of her type ever produced. Two P-63Fs (out of a total production of 3,303 P-63s of all variants) were ever manufactured, making N6763 one of the most improbable warbirds to survive the war, let alone remain in flying condition. Sadly she was destroyed in a horrible and tragic midair collision with B-17 N7227C at Dallas Executive airport on November 12th, 2022, exactly 6 years after I took this picture.

Involved in the horrific 2022 Dallas crash

6/45: TOS USAAF as B-25J 44-86758 and placed in storage. 6/51: Hughes Aircraft for conversion to TB-25K radar trainer, then assigned to James Connally AFB, TX. 12/57: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage. 4/58: Arrow Sales Company, North Hollywood, CA; registered N9643C. 8/58: H.H.Coffield/Rockdale Flying Service, Rockdale, TX. 2/76: Purchased by two members of the Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX; began restoration at Rockdale. 5/80: Trucked to Harlingen and ownership was taken over by the CAF. Restoration was completed in 1981, with first flight taking place in July.

June/45: TOS USAAF as B-25J 44-86758 and placed in storage. June/51: Hughes Aircraft for conversion to TB-25K radar trainer, then assigned to James Connally AFB, TX. December/57: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage. April/58: Arrow Sales Company, North Hollywood, CA; registered N9643C. August/58: H.H.Coffield/Rockdale Flying Service, Rockdale, TX. February/76: Purchased by two members of the Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX; began restoration at Rockdale. May/80: Trucked to Harlingen and ownership was taken over by the CAF. Restoration was completed in 1981, with first flight taking place in July.

June/45: TOS USAAF as B-25J 44-86758 and placed in storage. June/51: Hughes Aircraft for conversion to TB-25K radar trainer, then assigned to James Connally AFB, TX. December/57: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage. April/58: Arrow Sales Company, North Hollywood, CA; registered N9643C. 8/58: H.H.Coffield/Rockdale Flying Service, Rockdale, TX. February/76: Purchased by two members of the Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX; began restoration at Rockdale. May/80: Trucked to Harlingen and ownership was taken over by the CAF. Restoration was completed in 1981, with first flight taking place in July.

June/45: TOS USAAF as B-25J 44-86758 and placed in storage. June/51: Hughes Aircraft for conversion to TB-25K radar trainer, then assigned to James Connally AFB, TX. December/57: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage. April/58: Arrow Sales Company, North Hollywood, CA; registered N9643C. August/58: H.H.Coffield/Rockdale Flying Service, Rockdale, TX. February/76: Purchased by two members of the Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX; began restoration at Rockdale. May/80: Trucked to Harlingen and ownership was taken over by the CAF. Restoration was completed in 1981, with first flight taking place in July.