Warbird Information Exchange

And here is the latest video, in HD.


https://vimeo.com/190674143

That video is outstanding!! I love the wake in the top of the clouds.

there were a ton of photos posted to this thread that were deleted because the group didnt want anyone to see it until its big unveil... is it alright to repost those restoration phase photos now?

I just can't get enough of this airplane! That metal finish, be it polished or not, is one of my favorites too on any kind of airplane. Can't wait to see Doc in person someday.

I keep hoping that somehow FIFI and Doc will get together at VFM (FIFI's current home). It would be very cool to have both of the world's flying B-29s parked together inside our main hangar, which is a WW2 USAAF B-29 maintenance hangar. Can you imagine the photo opportunities?

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Dean Hemphill, K5DH
Port Charlotte, Florida

Does anyone know if they plan on offering paying passenger rides on Doc in the future?

Yes, that was their goal. I would expect it to be a couple more years though before it happens.

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Just saw a notification email of this... One step closer!!

http://www.b-29doc.com/2017/03/10/b-29- ... perations/

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Always looking for P-51D parts.

Would they need to train another crew for this? It was my understanding that the Doc crew IS the FIFI crew.

We have enough trained crews to fly both airplanes.

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Brad

I heartily second the above comment.

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Zac in NZ
#avgeek, modelbuilder, photographer, writer. Callsign: "HANDBAG".
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"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22

Why wouldn’t they get their own crew trained and familiar with flying Doc?
Otherwise, if it’s just CAF folks flying the thing, why don’t they just turn it over to the CAF and call it the CAF’s SECOND Superfort?
Generally speaking, any group that goes through all the work to get something like that flying is eventually going to want to do their own flying and not have to rely on someone else for that.
Let’s face it, there aren’t THAT many people in the world who are good to fly a B-29, right? At least not too many that many of us would trust to do so (I mean the WW2 vets, who are all in their 90s now).
It’s a given that when Doc was ready to fly, someone B-29-rated in the CAF would say, “Sure, I’ll take her up,” but I do wonder why the group that restored Doc doesn’t apparently have a trained crew at this point. I mean, it’s not like they didn’t see the need from a very long time ago.
Can anyone answer for if/when Doc is going to have her own non-CAF flight crew?
Just wondering.

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Owner, 1944 Willys MB #366014
Former REMF (US Army, O3)

Patience, grasshopper