ocr: B29 RICD u Type: Long range bomber Engine: Four Wright eighteen cylinder two-row radial piston engines. (2,200 hp each). Performance: Maximum speed, 364 mph: service ceiling, 32,000 feet; range, 4,200 miles. Dimensions: Wing span, 141 feet 3 inches; length, 99 feet 0 inches; height, 29 feet 7 inches; wing area, 1,736 square feet. Weight: Empty, 69,000 Ibs; take-off, 137,500 Ibs. The B-29 combined in one package all of the new tools of the strategic bombing trade: able to fly at high altitude, advanced radar and optical bombsights, automated and centrally controlled defensive firepower, very lo ...