finally, a B 29 has completed a restoration, and is rolled out of the hanger after being rescued from the desert in 1987 where it sat on a Mojave bombing range for 40 years

One of the members of the Disney Squadron "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" this rare B 29 is Doc, and has been restored in Kansas at the hangers that once were Boeing's business in Wichita.

Monday’s invitation-only roll-out of Doc was largely symbolic and included a ceremonial delivery of the airplane to Col. James Dermer, vice commander of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base. Doc was originally delivered to the Army Air Forces 70 years to the day on Monday.

Spirit CEO Larry Lawson presented a replica of the B-29’s horn button from the yoke of Doc to Dermer as part of the delivery ceremony.

its time in the factory is done, and it’s ready for ramp tests … prior to its first flight,” said Jeff Turner, retired Spirit CEO and chairman of Doc’s Friends, the nonprofit organization that owns Doc and is leading its restoration.

Doc’s Friends will need to find a permanent location to house the airplane and ongoing support to operate it as a flying museum. The organization estimates it will need to raise an additional $7 million to $9 million to complete those efforts.

http://www.kansas.com/news/business/aviation/article16083872.html

I last posted about Doc in January http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-2nd-b-29-is-ready-to-fly-again-doc.html

It's website is http://b-29doc.com/  if you can make a donation

There is a B29 looking for a bit, a tiny bit, of financial help to reach it's Kickstarter goal, to get the exterior restored and weather resistant

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, a non-profit Museum located in Albuquerque, NM, is restoring its B-29 Superfortress s/n 45-21748 and would like your help in paying for the surface preparation and painting of the exterior of the aircraft.

They expect that $2700 dollars more will complete their Kickstarter goal... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nuclear-museum/restoration-of-the-b-29-superfortress-at-nuclear-m

The total B-29 restoration cost is expected to be $140,000. Approximately 1/3 of this cost will be paid for by this Kickstarter project. The money will be used for the cosmetic restoration of the fuselage and wings. That is, to purchase the paint ($460 per gallon) and primer ($300 per gallon), prepare the surface and then paint the fuselage and wings (please see FAQs below for details). Any additional money raised will first go to the $25,000 needed to purchase and install new windows in the aircraft. If additional funds are available, they will go towards the production of a video that documents the past history and current restoration of the B-29. 

The target completion date for the B-29 restoration is August 9, 2015, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII and to coincide with the anniversary of its delivery from Boeing to the Air Force on August 9, 1945.