B-29 “Doc” – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Wed, 07 Jun 2017 09:23:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WWN-icon-256-150x150.png B-29 “Doc” – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com 32 32 Paul Tibbets IV to fly on B-29 “Doc” https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2017/06/07/paul-tibbets-iv-to-fly-on-b-29-doc/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2017/06/07/paul-tibbets-iv-to-fly-on-b-29-doc/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2017 09:23:01 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=3232

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B-29 Doc on its first flight, 11 May 2016. (Photo Amn Erin McClellan (PubDom))

Brigadier General Paul Tibbets IV, the grandson of Brigadier General Paul Tibbets Jr., who flew the B-29 “Enola Gay” during the Hiroshima nuclear bombing on 6 August 1945, will fly as copilot of the B-29 “Doc” during a flight from Wichita to Whiteman AFB this coming Friday.

Paul Tibbets IV is the commanding officer of the US Air Force’s 509th Bomb Wing which operates the B-2 “Spirit” stealth bomber.

Paul W. Tibbets IV in 2014 (Photo USAF)

Source: Kansas.com

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Scott Slocum has posted on Vimeo some great air-to-air footage of B-29 Doc’s first flight as seen from the chase plane. Play it in HD and full-screen mode to enjoy fully!

 

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As scheduled, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Doc” flew today in Wichita, Kansas. It is one of only two airworthy B-29 in the world, the other being “FiFi”, which is flown by the Commemorative Air Force.

A much longer video is available here:

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More information on the rollout:

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