Things to do nearB-29 Doc Hangar, Education & Visitors Center

The B-29 Superfortress has deep roots in Wichita, where Boeing produced the type during the Second World War at a plant that once stood near the current airport. Doc, tail number 44-69972, rolled off that Wichita line in 1944 and served in both World War II and the Korean War before spending decades in the Mojave Desert. A team of volunteers devoted more than 300,000 hours to restoring her to airworthy condition, and the hangar that now houses Doc was purpose-built to give the public full access to that achievement.

Inside the B-29 Doc Hangar, Education and Visitors Center, exhibits trace the aircraft from its design and production through its combat history and long restoration. Artifacts, photographs, and personal accounts from crew members and factory workers line the walls, grounding the big machine in human experience. Docents, many of them volunteers who contributed to the rebuild, walk visitors through the cockpit layout, the pressurized crew compartments, and the engineering that made the B-29 revolutionary for its era.

The center sits conveniently near the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, making it an easy stop whether you are based in Wichita or passing through. Flight demonstration events draw aviation enthusiasts from across the country and offer the rare chance to watch one of only two airworthy B-29s climb into the Kansas sky. Few museums anywhere can offer that combination of intimate access and living, flying history.