Give Doc a Home: Build a home for B-29 Doc

A project in Wichita, KS by Doc's Friends
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Building B-29 Doc a permanent home to honor heroes, and connect, educate and inspire generations to come.
Backers: 280
Average Pledge Per Backer: $74

Funded: $20,675 of $100,000
Dates: Jul 18th -> Sep 16th (60 days)
Project By: Doc's Friends
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Latest News

A deadline looms

August 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Team: Tony Mazzolini had a dream: Find a B-29 and restore it to flying condition. It took nearly 20 years to make that dream come true...and more than 350,000 volunteer hours and countless contributions (both in-kind and monetary) from hundreds of... (Read More)

Doc's future mission captured in a photo

August 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Team: We've been talking about Doc's mission for the past several weeks and yesterday, we captured a glimpse of what the future holds for Doc and the B-29 Hangar and Education Center.  Yesterday (Saturday, Aug. 26) we took off from our home base at... (Read More)

Doc

August 16th - via: avweb.com
Doc, the beautifully restored B-29 based in Wichita, made a lot of new friends last month so 'Doc s Friends' is making the most of that to raise money for the airplane's permanent hangar (Read More)

More about Doc's home and mission

August 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends: When you back this project your contribution won't just build another hangar. Instead it will help build a unique, hands on learning facility for STEM education while creating a space for our B-29 restoration and maintenance crew to maintain... (Read More)

Doc adds two air shows to the September schedule

August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
It's been a GREAT tour season so far for our warbird. Everywhere we go, people marvel at the attention to detail in our restoration. We've been to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh,... (Read More)

Doc recognized as Best Bomber and commitment to restoration excellence at Oshkosh

August 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Backers and friends, After 16 years of restoration and more than 350,000 hours of dedicated volunteer work, B-29 Doc and Doc’s Friends were recognized by EAA AirVenture Oshkosh with two Lindy Awards in the warbirds category. B-29 Doc and Doc’s... (Read More)

Doc and the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels

July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Our new wingmen for B-29 Doc. On Thursday at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI, we were able to fly with the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels. B-29 Doc and the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels. Photo by Scott Slocum.    (Read More)

B-29 Doc at Oshkosh EAA AirVenture

July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends and Backers: Greetings from Oshkosh, WI and EAA AirVenture 2017! B-29 Doc is at the summer's premiere air show performing this week on the grand stage in front of what is expected to be more than 500,000 people by the end of the week. We've... (Read More)

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