Doc is Getting Closer to Flight

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06/30/2015 at 14:45 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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New post on the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Facebook page today:

The restoration team has Doc out of the hangar and making final preparations for engine start. The cowlings/exhaust are being installed and tweaked, and we’re working on the hydraulic pump for the brakes.

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Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like they’re going to make it to Oshkosh this year. That means I’ll have to wait another year to see the world’s only remaining airworthy Superfortresses side-by-side.

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Kinja'd!!! f86sabre > Jcarr
06/30/2015 at 14:49

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Lovely. Can’t wait to see and hear it.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Jcarr
06/30/2015 at 14:50

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My fingers are crossed, my toes are crossed. Godspeed, Doc. Can’t wait to see you in the air.


Kinja'd!!! Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car > Jcarr
06/30/2015 at 14:51

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Dem sexy radials.


Kinja'd!!! Jcarr > f86sabre
06/30/2015 at 14:51

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Have you had a chance to see Fifi?


Kinja'd!!! Jcarr > ttyymmnn
06/30/2015 at 14:52

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Kinja'd!!! Snuze: Needs another Swede > Jcarr
06/30/2015 at 15:04

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I can’t like this enough! Fantastic, though a little sad they won’t make Oshkosh. There’s always next year though.


Kinja'd!!! f86sabre > Jcarr
06/30/2015 at 17:07

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Yes, a couple of times. First time I saw it I snuck onto Boeing field on night with a buddy and just walked under it for an hour looking at all the details. This was in the very early 90s. Such a cool bird.


Kinja'd!!! Gilbertda > Jcarr
07/01/2015 at 09:55

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Wow....that’s all I got....