Whatever happened to the vintage B-29 bomber being restored by the Cleveland-based United States Aviation Museum?
Earlier this month a new group took over the 25-year effort to save and refurbish a Boeing Superfortress bomber built for service during World War II.
The group, called "Doc's Friends" --for the character from the Disney movie, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," that
is painted on the bomber's nose -- consists of several businessmen and
aviation enthusiasts in Wichita, Kans., where the aircraft is being
restored.
The group is chaired by Jeff Turner, a former Boeing Commercial
Airlines executive and soon-to-retire CEO of aircraft manufacturer
Spirit AeroSystems Inc.
Local aviation enthusiast Tony Mazzolini, 78, of South Euclid, who
saved the bomber from demolition in 1988 and spent recent years working
on it with other volunteers, will continue to be involved in the
project.
Mazzolini said he welcomed the change. "I've made a lot of personal
sacrifices in terms of time and resources, and I just can't do it
anymore," he said. "I'm getting down to the final end of my runway, so
to speak."
The new group brings additional assets and impetus to the effort,
according to Mazzolini.
"Everything we said we need, they just said tell
us when and where," he noted. "They want to make sure it flies, and
help me reach my dream of getting it in the air."
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