Fifi the B-twenty-nine Superfortress pulled from a Navy bombing range and restored to fly again
How volunteers rescued the B-29 Fifi from a Navy bombing range and restored her to flying condition against impossible odds.
TaildraggerHow volunteers rescued the B-29 Fifi from a Navy bombing range and restored her to flying condition against impossible odds.
TaildraggerThe Kee Bird B-29 survived 48 years on a frozen Greenland lake only to burn minutes before its rescue flight in 1995.
TaildraggerThe B-29 Superfortress 'Doc' was rescued from a desert boneyard and restored to flight over 16 years by volunteers in Wichita, Kansas.
TaildraggerHow 300,000 hours of volunteer labor brought B-29 Doc from a desert hulk to the second flying Superfortress in the world.
TaildraggerThe Kee Bird B-29 survived 48 years on a frozen Greenland lake only to burn during its rescue attempt moments before takeoff.
TaildraggerHow a B-29 Superfortress abandoned on a Navy weapons range was restored to flight over nearly two decades by volunteers in Wichita.
TaildraggerThe sixteen-year restoration of B-29 'Doc' brought a desert hulk back to flight, making it one of only two flying Superfortresses worldwide.
TaildraggerThe 16-year restoration of B-29 Superfortress 'Doc' from desert hulk to flying warbird is one of aviation's greatest preservation stories.
TaildraggerDoc and FIFI, the world's only two flying B-29 Superfortresses, appeared together at Sun N Fun 2026 for a historic formation flyby.
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