Aircraft
Rescuing DOC: The Tale of a B-29’s Triumphant Return to Wichita
Effort involved decades of negotiations and restoration but Wichita's deep labor pool came through
B-29 DOC in flight
A new book details one man’s obsession to restore a derelict B-29 to airworthiness.

While many might consider Wichita’s role in aviation history through the recent lens of the numerous Citations, Learjets, King Airs, and other aircraft produced by its manufacturers, the city has carried the sobriquet of Air Capital of the World since the late 1920s.

During World War II, Boeing’s Wichita factory churned out more than 1,600 B-29 Superfortress bombers, and the story of how one of them returned as an abandoned wreck and was restored to become only the second of its type still airworthy is told by Wichita-based Dave Franson, a veteran aviation industry publicist.

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