Official B-29 Doc Restoration Thread

[Zac Yates]

Fantastic news. My fingers are firmly crossed for a positive result and imminent sign-off.

[Warbirdnerd]

According to Facebook they ran all 4 engines today. I will post the link when the video is up...

[Warbirdnerd]

Video is up:
http://www.b-29doc.com/2016/04/08/video ... nters-nap/

[B-29 Watcher]

DOC MOVES INDER HER OWN POWER
Low speed taxi test.
See link;

http://www.b-29doc.com/2016/05/11/video ... taxi-test/

[HPDCapt]

Outstanding news!!!!!

[Zac Yates]

As soon as the nosewheel started moving I started smiling! Awesome!

[markboss]

Doc received it's Airworthiness certificate!!

[Ztex]

Saw this on FaceBook


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[phil65]

Nice....

Is there a trip planned for Oshkosh ?

Phil

[Ztex]

Miles and miles of red tape left to navigate...gotta love gubmint work...ugh

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all ... 0527epilot

[APG85]

The plane looks gorgeous in NMF. Can't wait for it to fly and see some nice in-flight photos.
The top of forward part of the fuselage looks unpolished (hard to tell from the pictures). Does anyone know what is going on with that area...if anything?

[dred]

Miles and miles of red tape left to navigate...gotta love gubmint work...ugh

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all ... 0527epilot

Based on the article, the answer to Oshkosh would seem to be "No" for 2016, given those flight engineer constraints.

[lucky52]

That 3rd. paragraph was not clear to me.Does FIFI require an F/E on board when she flies?

[phil65]

Maybe not legally, but I’m sure the CAF wants one on board when they carry passengers and it sounds like the FAA wants one on board for these tests.
FYI - There was a F/E on board when I flew on her.

Phil

[quemerford]

DOC MOVES INDER HER OWN POWER
Low speed taxi test.
See link;

http://www.b-29doc.com/2016/05/11/video ... taxi-test/

Lovely video but why on earth did someone put that muzak track on there?? We want to hear Doc!