Gallery: Restoring This WWII B-29 Bomber Has Taken 300K Hours So Far
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Doc sat in a California desert holding area for 42 years before it was rescued in 1987 by dreamers who hoped to see it fly again.
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Doc, built in 1944, was one of a squadron of airplanes named after Snow White's dwarfs.
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When it was designed by Boeing in 1939, the B-29 was a powerhouse of futuristic technologies.
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The cockpit instruments and radar gear were accurate enough to help the crews aim at targets through cloud layers and at night.
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Nearly 4,000 were built, but just one is still in good enough shape to fly.
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The team of volunteers has already put more than 300,000 man hours into the project.
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The engines are a focal point of the restoration.
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They'll be converted to a hybrid design that combines the original front end with the back end of an engine off an old Sky Raider, and adds 1,000 horsepower.
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"The engines will look and sound just the same as the originals," says project leader Jim Murphy.
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That look and sound is important to the few remaining veterans who still remember their WWII missions.
