The B-29 named Doc, which has been undergoing restoration in Wichita, Kansas, since it was brought there 16 years ago, is expected to fly in the next few weeks. Doc's Friends, the organization that has spearheaded the major restoration effort, has overcome the last obstacles standing in the way of first flight, having received permission from the Department of Defense to use the runway at McConnell Air Force Base (MAFB), where the airplane is based. Doc's Friends received the airworthiness certificate for the Superfortress from the FAA on May 19.