B-29 Doc Is One Of 1,644 B-29 Superfortresses Built

The B-29 Doc History Restored Tour will land at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, Texas, May 4-9, 2021. Doc will arrive in Houston, Monday, May 3 and will be available for ground and cockpit tours Wednesday, May 5 through Friday May 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. B-29 Doc Flight Experience rides will be available at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., Saturday, May 8 and Sunday, May 9, followed by ground and flight deck tours on those days from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission for the static display event and flight deck tours will be $5 per person in addition to the Lone Star Flight Museum general admission ticket. General admission tickets start at $9.95 with senior and military discounts.

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AERO Friedrichshafen officially cancels their 2021 show. The postulated replacement date in 2021 would have put it in direct competition with Oshkosh, and only days apart. Numerous vendors told ANN, "that won't fly" -- so Wednesday's announcement comes as no surprise. Friedrichshafen has stated that they have, "...now taken a decision in view of the travel restrictions in Europe due to the COVID 19 pandemic. The organizers are now turning their focus to the upcoming trade shows." Next year, 2022, could be bad news for gen

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Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitude (MOCA) The lowest published altitude in effect between radio fixes on VOR airways, off-airway routes, or route segments which meets obstacle clearance requirements for the entire route segment and which assures acceptable navigational signal coverage only within 25 statute (22 nautical) miles of a VOR.

“This sale, during the first trade event since the beginning of the pandemic, highlights the continued demand for the M600/SLS with Halo Safety System and Autoland. Operationally, nothing matches the worry free safety capability, cross continent performance and economics found in the SLS. We have been delighted with the robust interest in our products during SUN’n FUN and congratulate our dealer partner, Flightline Group, on the sale.” Source: Ron Gunnarson, Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Customer Support, discussing a sale made during the Annual SnF Aerospace Expo that was concluded just a few days ago.