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Weekender warbirds3/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The aircraft will be on static display the remainder of the weekend unless serving ride flight customers. The aircraft will each operate ride flights on Saturday, July 3 and Sunday, July 4. “This will be the largest event hosted by our team in Wichita since the opening of the B-29 Doc Hangar, Education and Visitors Center and we’re confident it will be a highlight for the summer in Wichita and across the state of Kansas.” Berlin Express on her first post-restoration flight on Ap(photo by Jim Busha)Īll three aircraft will be on static display and open for ground and cockpit tours Friday, July 2 at the B-29 Doc Hangar, Education and Visitors Center. “We are tremendously excited to host this event and partner with the EAA to showcase three WWII-era bombers that served to protect freedom in both the European and Pacific Theaters of the war,” said Josh Wells, Doc’s Friends general manager and executive director. It was eventually sold as surplus for just $750, and spent nearly 40 years doing assorted jobs ranging from a firebomber in the western United States to a mapping aircraft over the Middle East. The bomber was built in 1944 and was delivered to the U.S. The event will feature B-29 Doc, along with B-17 Aluminum Overcast and B-25 Berlin Express, and will give warbird fans a unique, up-close and personal opportunity to see the three American bombers that helped win World War II. PRESS RELEASE – B-29 Doc will host two other World War II-era aircraft in partnership with the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Fourth of July Weekend, July 2-5, 2021, in Wichita, Kansas. ![]()
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