Official B-29 Doc Restoration Thread

menards · **Joined:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:46 pm **Posts:** 540

Jeremy S wrote:

B-29 Watcher wrote:

DOC is falling behind in the "kickstsarter", HE needs our help. We all sit at our computers and read/write about him, now it is time to do our part to get him back in the sky. LET"S DO THIS!!!!

HERE IS THE LINK.

http://kck.st/1LOUdGO

I think they set the goal a bit high on this one. $137k is a lot of money! MAAM only set the goal at $35 on their highly successful P-61 fundraising campaign on Kickstarter. MAAM offered better rewards to, including rides for the higher dollar amounts. The Doc crew claims they can't legally sell rides yet.

Not that rewards are the only reason people donate but they are a good incentive to draw in more donations.

I think its telling of what it cost to acquire/restore/operate a B-29. Its not a p-61... I think David Tallichet said once that 299 Foxtrot almost bankrupt him. You might see "Doc's Friends" release "Doc" to a much larger (and better funded) organization. No knock on what Doc's Friends did here though. Truely an amazing feat to get those props turning.

B-29 Watcher · **Posted:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:35 pm

It look's like we made it, I am sure a lot of us WIXer's helped.
Now on to FLIGHT. :drink3:

Rod Schneider · **Posted:** Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:38 pm

Over $140,000 now! Keep it up folks!!

Jeremy S · **Joined:** Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:39 am **Posts:** 120

I had my doubts at first, but a lot of people came through near the end. This is the largest Kickstarter fundraiser that I have ever contributed to that was successful! Can't wait to see Doc fly!

Zac Yates · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2015 1:14 pm

Hi all,
Is anyone connected with Doc able to give a progress report? I haven't heard anything since the Kickstarter wound up.

4RG.I.'S · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2015 7:58 pm

KiwiZac wrote:

Hi all,
Is anyone connected with Doc able to give a progress report? I haven't heard anything since the Kickstarter wound up.

As a kickstarter donor I received a nice email from Doc's friends yesterday with a time lapse YouTube video (dark-sunrise, see link). It included a statement saying something to the effect of looking to the first flight with concerns of pending weather. Can't wait!! :supz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL2e-8aFXNo

menards · **Joined:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:46 pm **Posts:** 540

4RG.I.'S wrote:

KiwiZac wrote:

Hi all,
Is anyone connected with Doc able to give a progress report? I haven't heard anything since the Kickstarter wound up.

As a kickstarter donor I received a nice email from Doc's friends yesterday with a time lapse YouTube video (dark-sunrise, see link). It included a statement saying something to the effect of looking to the first flight with concerns of pending weather. Can't wait!! :supz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL2e-8aFXNo

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry ... rtxt=69972

Aw inspection has not occurred yet. No flights until that happens first.

Zac Yates · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2015 2:51 pm

Thanks for the updates guys, much appreciated. Still hoping for a Christmas miracle/early present!

maxum96 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:39 pm

KiwiZac wrote:

Thanks for the updates guys, much appreciated. Still hoping for a Christmas miracle/early present!

My guess is we won't see Doc in the air until sometime in the spring. Doc's crew couldn't start the engines last winter due to lack of engine preheaters. Unless they've acquired some lately, they can't start the engines in the cold.

Zac Yates · **Posted:** Thu Dec 10, 2015 2:34 pm

Thanks maxum96 - here it's Summer, so it's easy for me to forget that other places in the world are under snow while I crank up the office air-con!

maxum96 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2015 11:33 am

KiwiZac wrote:

Thanks maxum96 - here it's Summer, so it's easy for me to forget that other places in the world are under snow while I crank up the office air-con!

No worries Zac. I lived in Southern California for my first 34 years before I moved to Colorado. I used to boat and waterski year round in California. I wore shorts almost all the time. Never had to winterize anything. Took me a while to get used to cold and seasonal weather here. So I get it when you forget it gets cold other places.

dred · **Joined:** Sat May 05, 2007 11:26 pm **Posts:** 154

How warm does it have to be? Wichita had a high of 66 Friday, and it's supposed to be an El Nino winter.

maxum96 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 13, 2015 5:06 pm

El Nino means a harsher winter traditionally for us (Colorado) and Kansas. I believe it needs to be high 50s or above to start without preheating the engines. You may have had a daytime high temp of 66, but the rest of the time it's probably a lot colder, especially at night. And that's about 14 hours those engines are sitting in the cold temps.

menards · **Joined:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:46 pm **Posts:** 540

dred wrote:

How warm does it have to be? Wichita had a high of 66 Friday, and it's supposed to be an El Nino winter.

IIRC there are new tenants in the hanger and doc is now outside for the winter. I think it's safe to assume the plane is closed up for the winter and you won't see (or hear) any progress until spring.

dred · **Joined:** Sat May 05, 2007 11:26 pm **Posts:** 154

OK, thanks gents!

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