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B-29 Superfortress “Doc,” preflight
B-29 Superfortress “Doc” prepares for first flight at McConnell AFB early on Sunday, July 17.
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B-29 Superfortress “Doc,” at sunrise
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Connie Palacioz, Boeing Wichita riveter
Connie Palacioz was 18 when she became a riveter at Boeing Wichita during World War II. Some of her original rivets are still in the B-29 Superfortress known as “Doc.” Palacioz prepared to watch the plane's first flight after volunteers restored the aircraft.
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B-29 Superfortress “Doc,” taxiing
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B-29 Superfortress “Doc,” taxiing
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B-29 Superfortress “Doc,” taxiing
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Charles Chauncey, WWII B-29 pilot
Charles Chauncey flew B-29s during World War II and volunteered to work on “Doc.” During the war, he was across the runway from the Enola Gay and the atomic bomb crew.
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B-29 Superfortress “Doc,” taxiing
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B-29 Superfortress “Doc,” airborne
The B-29 Superfortress called “Doc” is airborne for the first time in 60 years.
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B-29 Superfortress “Doc,” after landing
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B-29 Superfortress “Doc” lands after engine indicator light illuminates
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B-29 Superfortress “Doc,” after landing
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B-29 Superfortress Doc’s crew members congratulate Tony Mazzolini
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Tony Mazzolini congratulates Connie Palacioz
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Charlie Tilghman, pilot-in-command
Charlie Tilghman, pilot-in-command, talks with reporters after the flight. He and several other Commemorative Air Force members participated in the flight.
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“Doc”
“Doc” was part of a squadron named after the Seven Dwarfs from the Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
WICHITA – “Doc,” the restored Boeing B-29 Superfortress, took its first flight in 60 years Sunday morning at McConnell Air Force Base.
Read more about the restoration project and the Doc’s Friends group, and see additional photos from its first public rollout from the hangar and the ceremony when it earned its airworthiness certificate.