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The B 29 Doc History Restored Tour will be a part of the Wings Wheels event at Decatur Airport August 3 4 2024

B-29 Doc Adds Wings & Wheels at Decatur Airport to Its August Schedule

June 28, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

The B-29 Doc History Restored Tour will be a part of the Wings & Wheels event at Decatur Airport, August 3-4, 2024. B-29 Doc, one of 1,644 B-29 Superfortress aircraft built by the Boeing Company […]

Doc Visits the Lehigh Valley…Twice!

June 2, 2024 Zac Yates 0

By Nick Chismar Those living in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania are no strangers to the rumble of aircraft overhead. Home to the state’s fourth busiest airport, Lehigh Valley International, it’s a common sight to […]

Superfortress Graveyard – The B-29s of China Lake

December 3, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 1

After 10 years of research, the book has finally been published! “Superfortress Graveyard – The B-29s of China Lake,” is the complete history of the World War II (WWII) U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 “Superfortress” […]

B-29 Doc Adds Tour Stops in Texas in April

March 4, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The B-29 Doc History Restored Tour will land in four cities in Texas during the month of April. The 18-day tour will include stops in Amarillo, San Marcos, Abilene and Sweetwater from April […]

B 29 Doc McConnell Air Force Base July 17 2016

B-29 Doc to Launch 2023 Tour Season in March

February 25, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 2

PRESS RELEASE The B-29 Doc History Restored Tour will open the 2023 season with two stops in Arkansas. The 10-day tour will land in Fayetteville, AR, and Texarkana, AR beginning March 16 through March 26. […]

Boeing B 29A 30 BN Superfortress 42 94106 on a long range mission in late 1945

Today in Aviation History: USAF Begins to Retire the B-29 Superfortress

November 1, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On November 1, 1954, the United States Air Force begins to retire the Boeing B-29 Superfortress from service. In the above photograph, B-29A-20-BN 42-94012 is at […]

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March Field Air Museum’s B-29 Superfortress

October 10, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 6

by Adam Estes The March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California has numerous restoration projects on the go presently, efforts which range from a multitude of Cessna O-2 Skymasters and Beech T-34 Mentors to an Antonov […]

B-29 Doc History Restored Tour Adds Stops in New Mexico and California

August 31, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The B-29 Doc History Restored Tour will resume the 2021 tour season with stops in Albuquerque, NM, Chino, CA, and Inyokern, CA, in September and October. B-29 Doc, one of only two B-29 Superfortresses still […]

B-29 Doc – ‘History Restored Tour’ to Land in Cincinnati, OH

February 7, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 0

In a recent press release, Doc’s Friends, the organization which owns, operates and maintains the Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as Doc announced the following regarding their scheduled stop at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. Doc will […]

Doc’s Friends to Host C-47 ‘Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber’ at Open House June 29/30

June 22, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Doc’s Friends, the group which restored, maintains and operates the Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as Doc, has announced a special open house at their facility in Wichita, Kansas over the weekend of June 29/30. The […]

Boeing B-29 Superfortress