B-29 Doc First Flight, Sunday July 17th, 8:30 CST
 

If everything goes as planned, the restored B-29, Doc, will be wheels up at McConnell AFB in Wichita, KS at 8:30 CST, July 17th, 2016 after many years of dedicated work.
The flight will be streamed online here.

I expect ICT_SLB meant 08:30 CDT which would be 14:30 BST

AS i post this (1430 hrs BST today 17 July) a second B29 is about to make its first flight in some 60 yrs

check link fo live feed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNckztvXU3I

PZU - Out of Africa (Retired)

Excellent. Thanks for letting us know (had to view via a different link on youtube).
Mike

Great stuff - not so much "What's Up, Doc?" as "What's Up? Doc!":ok:

Jack

Great to see the aircraft fly, but the video link was abysmal - frequently causing FireFox to crash.

All those puerile tw@tter comments on YoofTube were rather irritating though...:mad:

The best use I've had for two screens on my PC!

The Youtube feed on one and Flight Radar 24 on the other.

http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/z...pboard01_8.jpg

One thing that I winced at, when the 1st T/O was aborted because the bomb bay doors wouldn't close, the A/C came close to a camera, and stopped the engines while the bomb bay doors were closed.

Then re-started the engines, without a single fire extinguisher in sight!

I knew many Crew Chiefs that would have had a heart attack at that.

For those who missed it, the Wichita Eagle has a piece that includes an interview with one of the instigators of Doc's rescue from China Lake. The whole webcast is also available on the http://www.b-29doc.com/firstflight/ website.
Hope my typo didn't stop people from seeing the flight - with all the delays it was about right!