I believe I was able to see Fifi shortly after she became airworthy. She flew into Municipal Airport in Kansas City for an overnight stay. It wasn’t quite an “air show,” but as I recall, there were a few other planes there along with her, and they did allow the public to see them as a “static display.”
I did notice that there were quite a few puddles of fluid underneath the plane.
Some years later I did get to see her in an air show, but didn’t get to take the tour.
Mark
I saw Fifi flying at Dayton a couple of years back, and then on the ground, before things went bad and the rest of the show was cancelled. I was driving up to the show and looked out the window, and damn if a B-29 was not flying by. My wife practically had to grab the wheel because I was leaning out the car window.
Amazing!