'Doc' to Begin Engine Tests Friday 18th September

Hi All,
Trumper and Davidisby,
Many thanks for the videos excellent gents..:eagerness: A big thumbs up to the Doc team from all involved from the bottom to the top and a project that deserves much praise from all us aviation enthusiasts………..:cool:
Does this mean once Doc is flying that you lucky people across the pond now have the prospect of not only having the only two airworthy B-29’s flying together but the slim chance of a massed bomber stream with B-17’s/B-24 and the Canadian Lancaster plus other lighter bombers A-24/A-26/B-25/Mosquito/Harpoon/Ventura if wanted at a single air-show in the very near future ?

Geoff.

If only Kee Bird had made it then may have been 3, all flying together would have been a hell of a sight

I can’t begin to imagine the work that went into this (or the 2 Lancasters, can’t forget those).

Or for that matter, the 10 (+ or -) B-17s or 2 Liberators…both only slightly older, and therefore presumably less complex than the Lancaster.
Unlike the B-29, at least the Lancaster has more easily supportable (in terms of numbers still flying, albeit of different marks) engines.

I dare say the B-29 is the most complex warbird flying…with the exception of the Vulcan.

Watched it live and a real credit to the team

#2 Engine seemed very reluctant but eventually behaved itself.

http://worldwarwings.com/breaking-news-b-29-docs-engine-test-a-great-success?a=mk&var=ww2-doc-test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYbdE8Vq-gk on you tube so you can scroll back and see it 🙂

This is thrilling. I would love to see 2 B-29’s in formation. I can’t begin to imagine the work that went into this (or the 2 Lancasters, can’t forget those).

Canuckistan, Tom.

The thought of two flying B29s is almost as exciting as the thought of two Lancasters! Now if the Canuckistanis can do it…

Adrian