Wichita, KS — The Wichita group restoring the Boeing B-29 Superfortress named “Doc” said Friday that the airplane is expected to make its first flight July 17.
“Hundreds of volunteers have spent thousands of hours working to restore this national treasure,” said Jim Murphy, Doc’s Friends restoration program manager, in a news release. “After 16 years of hard work, sweat, tears and tireless attention to detail, we are ready to fly.”
Doc’s Friends, the nonprofit group that owns the airplane, said the flight likely will happen in the early morning because of anticipated hot temperatures later in the day. It will fly from the non-join-use runway at McConnell Air Force Base in southeast Wichita.
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First flight for B-29 bomber “Doc” scheduled