09/24/2026
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✈️ For 42 years, DOC sat in the Mojave Desert as a target for Navy weapons training.
This weekend, the rescued bomber will fly from the same Wilmington airport where fighter pilots prepared for war eight decades ago.
The B-29 DOC History Restored Tour arrives Thursday, Sept. 24-Sunday, Sept. 27, with two increasingly rare WWII aircraft: DOC, one of only two airworthy examples of the massive B-29 Superfortress long-range bomber, and P-51 Gunfighter, one of roughly 150 surviving examples of the fast, single-seat Mustang fighter.
Visitors can climb into the cockpit, cross the bomb bay, explore the crew stations, and meet some of the people keeping the aircraft airborne. Ground tours cost $10 per person or $20 per family and run Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, 12-4:30 p.m.
Wilmington Int'l Airport - ILM