Doc, the last B-29 Superfortress built in Wichita, flew again on July 17, 2016 after a 29-year, 300,000-volunteer-hour restoration effort.
TaildraggerThe B-29 'Doc' spent over 40 years abandoned at China Lake before volunteers flew her home to Wichita and restored her to flight in 2016.
TaildraggerThe B-29 Bockscar dropped the second atomic bomb on August 9, 1945, despite a broken fuel pump, a 45-minute rendezvous delay, and three failed bomb runs over its primary target.
TaildraggerDoc, a 1944 B-29 Superfortress rescued from the Mojave Desert, flew again over Wichita on July 17, 2016, after a decade of volunteer restoration work.
TaildraggerThe Bockscar nearly didn't survive its own mission on August 9, 1945 - a story of mechanical failure, a shielded city, and a crew running on fumes over the Pacific.
TaildraggerThe Enola Gay's story spans the most consequential bombing mission in history, decades of outdoor neglect, a painstaking restoration, and a museum controversy that cost a director his job.
TaildraggerHow an 18-year grassroots restoration brought Doc, a 1944 B-29 Superfortress, from a desert weapons range back to airworthy flight over Wichita.
TaildraggerBockscar dropped the Nagasaki atomic bomb on August 9, 1945, with a broken fuel pump, a 45-minute detour, and fuel remaining for exactly one final bomb run.
TaildraggerThe B-29 'Doc' survived decades as a weapons range target before a 16-year volunteer effort returned her to Wichita's skies on July 17, 2016.
TaildraggerDoc the B-29 Superfortress spent 44 years in the Mojave Desert before volunteers restored her to flight in 2016 - one of only two airworthy examples of the Pacific War's decisive bomber.
TaildraggerThe B-29 Doc sat abandoned in a California desert for four decades before a 16-year volunteer effort brought it back to flight over Wichita in 2016.
TaildraggerDoc the B-29 Superfortress returned to flight on July 17, 2016, after decades in the California desert - one of the most significant warbird restorations in American aviation history.
TaildraggerHow 300,000 volunteer hours over 13 years brought B-29 Doc back to the sky over Wichita in 2016 - one of only two flying Superfortresses left on Earth.
TaildraggerHow a fire-scorched B-29 abandoned at China Lake became one of two airworthy Superfortresses after a 16-year, 300,000-hour volunteer restoration in Wichita.
TaildraggerDoc, one of only two flyable B-29 Superfortresses in the world, flew again in 2016 after sitting in the Mojave Desert for decades - restored by volunteers in Wichita over nearly 30 years.
TaildraggerHow a WWII B-29 named Doc went from a Mojave bombing target to one of only two airworthy Superfortresses, restored by volunteers in Wichita.
TaildraggerHow FIFI, a B-29 rescued from a desert missile range in 1971, became the world's last flying Superfortress - and the rebuild that saved her again.
TaildraggerHow a B-29 named Doc survived 20 years as a desert bombing target and flew again after 300,000 volunteer hours.
TaildraggerHow a B-29 named Doc went from a Mojave bombing target to one of only two airworthy Superfortresses, restored by the town that built her.
TaildraggerThe Enola Gay's 20-year, 300,000-hour Smithsonian restoration saved the B-29 amid a bitter national fight over how to display her.
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