If they had been successful it would have been an epic adventure. Since they weren't it was an epic failure resulting in the loss of one of the few remaining B-29s. I'm not trying to be judgemental, and I appreciate the efforts and sacrifices they made, but wouldn't it be better to still have the plane instead of a bunch of melted parts on a frozen lake? One question I do have, given that the plane had sat there abandoned for so long, if they had gotten airborne, wouldn't there have been issues after they landed with the craft not being registered/inspected/etc? That's assuming that it flew and landed safey. neither of which was a guarantee. I don't think I would have gone along for the recovery flight. LTM- John