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B-29 Doc moved into its new home a few weeks ago

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 9:49 pm
by MGMcAnick
Here is a YouTube video of the moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMHJsF_ ... e=youtu.be

The hangar, in need of serious renovation, was donated by Textron after Cessna and Beechcraft merged. It was formerly used by the Cessna Employees Flying Club, of which I was a member. The Textron flying club is hangared across town at Beech field.

It is widely reported that Walter Beech and Clyde Cessna, often bitter rivals, are rolling over in their graves.

B-29 Doc moved into its new home a few weeks ago

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 11:39 pm
by RayThom
That new hangar appears to be in great shape. What does it need -- a new roof?

Re: B-29 Doc moved into its new home a few weeks ago

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:02 am
by Bicycle Bill
RayThom wrote:That new hangar appears to be in great shape. What does it need -- a new roof?
Seriously, Ray?
MGMcAnick wrote:The hangar, in need of serious renovation, was donated by Textron after Cessna and Beechcraft merged.
I read that quote as "Textron donated a dilapidated hanger that needed significant repairs and improvement, and the 'Friends of DOC' group put it to rights again."  I don't think the original hanger door had a cutout that was just the right size to pass the vertical stabilizer of a B-29, f'rinstance (MG could tell us for sure, of course).

C'mon, Ray, you're being deliberately obtuse.  Although after this many years of reading your posts, I should probably be more concerned if you weren't.
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Re: B-29 Doc moved into its new home a few weeks ago

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:58 am
by RayThom
Bicycle Bill wrote:... C'mon, Ray, you're being deliberately obtuse.  Although after this many years of reading your posts, I should probably be more concerned if you weren't.
What? I don't know what you mean by that.