It would be interesting to know how many hours both of those pilots had in the B29
I've been flying small airplanes since 1989, I have instrument rating and a commercial license for single engine Hi Po airplanes. My airplane got total on the ground during in a hailstorm in 2006 shortly after moving here to Bend, there were no hangars available to buy or rent within 50 miles of our airport, so it was parked and tied down outside.
I hadn't flown it more than 20 hours the previous two years and of course it was under insured
Flying can be terrifying in bad weather and very boring in long cross country flights in good weather
That flight was a very short flight ferrying it to a nearby airport for a show, so they never got up very high. It was good to see the scenery in TX, very pretty country.
All the preflight and before and after check list help make the pilots operate and fly the airplane safely, as long as they use them