B-29 Doc has been cleared for takeoff at airshows across the country. Doc's Friends announced last week the FAA has granted them a special airworthiness certificate for the enormous Second World War bomber. The new status means the end of the first phase of flight test operations and removes many of the accompanying flight restrictions. "We've been working for the past several months with the Wichita FAA office, along with the FAA team in Washington, D.C., and we are pleased that we have satisfied the requirements for ‘phase one' of flight test operations," Jim Murphy, Doc's Friends Restoration Program Manager, said on the organization's website. "The FAA's approval means we can begin the next phase of our restoration and flight operations plan, and that includes sharing our historic warbird with airshows around the United States."
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