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B-29 Restoration, “DOC” Enters Final Stage Before Flight

August 12, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 15

PRESS RELEASE – Restoration of the B-29 Superfortress known as Doc is now entering its final stage. The countdown to her first flight is steadily approaching, and Doc’s Friends, the organization restoring the vintage bomber, is hopeful that […]

Boeing B-29 Superfortress ‘Doc’ Welcomed Out in Wichita

March 23, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 21

As we promised this morning, WarbirdsNews has some rollout ceremony details and photographs to share of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as Doc. Exactly 70 years to the day since Boeing officially handed ‘Doc’ over to […]

Doc Waiting For Warm Weather to Fly!

January 6, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 17

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as ‘Doc’ is in the final days of her restoration. There are just a few minor details to finish with the avionics installation, and setting the limits for the flaps […]

B-29 “Doc” Update, Flaps Installation

September 15, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 6

Volunteers with Doc’s Friends have now installed the flaps on the B-29. The flaps were the last major structural items left to go on the Superfortress, and over thirty people helped with the process. “It has been incredible […]

B-29 “Doc” Now Wears All Four Engines & Props

June 23, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 10

The Boeing B-29 known as “Doc” took a big leap forwards on her journey back to flight this past weekend as her restoration crew installed the last of her four engines and propellers. Barring unforeseen […]

B-29 ‘DOC’ Restoration Update

March 12, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 24

This is just a brief report, but Warbirds News is pleased to note that the restoration team working in Wichita, Kansas on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as “Doc” is making a full-court press to get […]

Cleveland’s U.S. Aviation Museum In The Process Of Restoring Vintage Boeing B-29 Superfortress

March 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

A group named “Doc’s Friends” has recently taken ownership of the 25-year project to restore a Boeing Superfortress bomber. The organization takes its name from the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs character, whose countenance […]

Doc’s Friends

B-29 Restoration, “DOC” Enters Final Stage Before Flight

Boeing B-29 Superfortress ‘Doc’ Welcomed Out in Wichita

Doc Waiting For Warm Weather to Fly!

B-29 “Doc” Update, Flaps Installation

B-29 “Doc” Now Wears All Four Engines & Props

B-29 ‘DOC’ Restoration Update

Cleveland’s U.S. Aviation Museum In The Process Of Restoring Vintage Boeing B-29 Superfortress

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