Any More News on DOC ??

[Aircraft Mech Paul]

Hi all,

I tried pulling up the web cam for Doc the other day and it almost appears as though she's been moved out of camera range. Except for seeing that the Horizontal Stab has been reinstalled and a tail jack in position, that is about all I see of here on the "Doc Cams"....and more words ? She's been looking more and more like a complete airframe now and that is simply wonderful.

Any thoughts or comments ??

Paul

[Originalboxcar]

Doc was moved recently from the hanger with the webcams.

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hlight=doc

"Doc" gets his wheels, rolls to new hangar

The B-29 restoration team installed the landing gear on "Doc" recently
and moved the historic airplane to a new hangar Wednesday.
This move is another step toward completing the restoration project .
More than 60 years after the last B-29 Superfortress rolled out of the Wichita factory, "Doc," the B-29 undergoing restoration, received his landing gear and is moved to a new hangar for final assembly.

Boeing employees along with about 50 volunteers celebrated their progress and moved "Doc" to a final production hangar.

"Doc," serial number 44-69972, was manufactured by Boeing Wichita in 1944 and delivered to the United States Army Air Forces in March of 1945. "Doc" has four 2,200-horsepower Wright Double Cyclone engines. It took a crew of 10 to fly the plane.

"Doc" is one of 1,644 B-29 Superfortresses built at Boeing Wichita.

regards,

t~

[Rob Mears]

Amazing!

When that thing finally gets airborne its going to be the king daddy warbird restoration of the century. That's one substantial piece of work.