B-29 Doc News

Doc’s Friends restoration team to receive Wichita Aero Club Trophy

Wichita, Kan., Oct. 15, 2015 – Doc’s Friends restoration team, the group leading the restoration effort of the B-29 known... Read More

VIDEO: Engine #2: Testing and start, Oct. 6

30-Day Kickstarter Campaign Launches for B-29 Doc Flight Testing

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Doc’s Engines Roar to Life (video replay)

Engine Start & Testing

B-29 restoration enters final stage before flight

The restoration of the historic warbird that will soon become the second operational B-29 Superfortress is now entering its final... Read More

Doc’s Friends Hold Rollout for B-29 Known as “Doc”

By: Doc’s Friends Seventy years ago today in 1945, a B-29, one of 1,644 manufactured in Wichita during World War... Read More

B-29 Superfortress edges close to its first flight in more than 60 years

B-29 Superfortress edges close to its first flight in more than 60 years Doc’s Friends, the Wichita-based nonprofit organization restoring... Read More

First new engine arrives for Doc

The first restored engine for Doc (B-29) arrived at the Doc Restoration Hangar in Wichita, Kan., on Friday, June 21, 2013. The arrival... Read More

Wing restoration underway for B-29 Doc

Volunteers have been working to restore the wing and outboard wing tips. Restoration work on the B-29 known as Doc continues... Read More