B-29: Restore And Remember

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There are too many young pups out there who dont reallyrealize, let alone appreciate, the extent of what has been sacrificed in somany conflicts around the globe so that the rest of us can live and prosper inthe freedom we enjoy today. Sometimes the best way to convey that understandingis to rebuild a piece of history. That’s what Boeing is doing with its B-29Restoration Project. With an army of volunteers, the company has embarked on anambitious project to return “Doc,” the last B-29 Superfortressconsidered to be restorable to flying status, to the skies. “The B-29Restoration Project currently has about 900 volunteers on the books. About 200of that 900 are ‘regular’ contributors to the restoration,” Dick Ziegler,restoration project director, told AVweb.”We’re targeting December of 2003 to launch the airplane. Any number ofvariables could have an effect on our ability to realize that goal, but December2003 is our target.”It’s not merely a walk down memory lane for retired militarypilots. It’s an effort to remember what got us to the present, and mostimportant, an effort to never take the freedom we enjoy for granted. "TheBoeing Company is assisting the U.S. Aviation Museum in this restoration effortfor a couple of different reasons," Ziegler said. "The airplane thatwe’re restoring was built here in Wichita, Kansas. Some of the very same menand women who created it are still with us and are participating in therestoration. It’s a wonderful piece of Kansas history and heritage."

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