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B-29 Superfortress Nears First Flight
Volunteers in Wichita, Kansas, who are working to restore a B-29 Superfortress named Doc have brought the massive airplane close to completion and are getting ready to return the bomber to the skies before the new year. The non-profit volunteer organization Doc's Friends is now raising money for a permanent museum to provide protection and a place to display the historical beauty to the public. (www.flyingmag.com) Daha Fazlası...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I hope that Doc'd Friends don't forget who got Doc's restoration started and give them some credit too...The United States Aviation Museum, based in Cleveland, Ohio.
My 94 year old dad made oxygen for the guys flying these birds from Burma over to Japan in 1944. He still describes the wonder of seeing such a BIG airplane. May Doc fly soon and forever more!
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I'm a 50+ yr licensed veteran of military and commercial aviation. The B-29 was the fist airplane I ever worked on after training, 40th Bomb Wing SAC, Smoky Hill/Schilling AFB Salina, KS.
I still have some engine tools for the Wright 3350 the '29 wore, intake gland nut and pushrod gland nut wrenches. I used these when I worked for an airline that operated DC7s'.
I would like to visit and donate these tools.
My profile is available to you on Linkedin.
BRGDS,
Kerry Duckett
Email: [email protected]
M# 828 508 7998 USA
I still have some engine tools for the Wright 3350 the '29 wore, intake gland nut and pushrod gland nut wrenches. I used these when I worked for an airline that operated DC7s'.
I would like to visit and donate these tools.
My profile is available to you on Linkedin.
BRGDS,
Kerry Duckett
Email: [email protected]
M# 828 508 7998 USA
WOW, What A Nice gesture... I hope you find the right place for these tools....
There's a complete B-29 on display at Georgia Veterans Memorial State park near Cordele Ga off of I-75. About 40 years ago I sneaked inside, it is all there, and appears to be airworthy. (but has sat outdoors for 50+ years) It was flown in, to where it sits now. You would never know it because the landing strip close to it, is now old growth forest.