How One Plumber's 'RIDICULOUS' Pipe Idea Saved 5,000 Bomber Engines

How One Plumber's 'RIDICULOUS' Pipe Idea Saved 5,000 Bomber Engines

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In this astonishing Last Words Documentary, discover how a Cleveland plumber with a seventh-grade education saved 5,000 bomber engines and changed aviation forever.

When America’s most advanced aircraft—the B-29 Superfortress—began bursting into flames on runways across the U.S., the country’s best engineers were stumped. Millions of dollars and countless lives were at stake. Then came Tony Validore, a mechanic and former plumber, who looked at the problem through a different lens: airflow, not engineering.

Using scrap aluminum and plumbing know-how, Tony built a simple bypass cooling system that reduced engine temperatures by over 100°F. His “ridiculous” pipe idea fixed what thousands of experts couldn’t—and made the B-29 reliable enough to win the air war against Japan.

This is the true story of ordinary genius, forgotten by history, whose innovation saved thousands of lives and shaped the future of aircraft design.

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