Doc the B-twenty-nine Superfortress and the sixteen-year resurrection in a Wichita hangar
The B-29 Superfortress 'Doc' was rescued from a desert boneyard and restored to flight over 16 years by volunteers in Wichita, Kansas.
TaildraggerThe B-29 Superfortress 'Doc' was rescued from a desert boneyard and restored to flight over 16 years by volunteers in Wichita, Kansas.
TaildraggerWhiskey Seven, a D-Day C-47, was restored by volunteers and flew back to Normandy 70 years later to drop paratroopers over the same fields.
TaildraggerThe Vought F4U Corsair's iconic bent wings solved an engineering problem and created the Pacific's deadliest fighter.
TaildraggerThe Memphis Belle's 13-year restoration at Wright-Patterson required over 200,000 hours to save America's most famous WWII bomber from decades of neglect.
TaildraggerThe Vought F4U Corsair was rejected by the Navy for carrier use but became one of WWII's greatest fighters in Marine Corps hands.
TaildraggerHow five Texas pilots who bought a forgotten P-51 Mustang in 1957 launched the warbird preservation movement that saved thousands of WWII aircraft.
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