Travel on a perilous mission to repair and refly a rare B-29 bomber stranded
on a Greenland icecap for almost 50 years.Gleaming like a jewel this
well preserved bomber from World War II rests on the Arctic tundra
where it was abandoned when it crash landed in 1947. This plane has
long been a legend and now facing incredible hardship a team of
adventurers struggle to bring the frozen warbird back to life.NOVA
follows bold pilot Darryl Greenamyer and his team on two expeditions to
revive Kee Bird and make it fly again in one of the most isolated and
harshest environments on Earth. Despite severe weather illness and
difficulties with the shuttle plane in 1994 Greenamyer returns in May
1995 with a larger crew a more reliable shuttle plane and a new plan to
bring Kee Bird back to life and back home.




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