Due to low clouds and rain in the Allentown, PA area on Sunday, May 12, the following schedule changes have been made:
GROUND & COCKPIT TOURS
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Ground and cockpit tours will be available to the public from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., weather permitting. It is possible tour tickets will be sold out well prior to 1 p.m., as the ramp must be cleared and ground/cockpit tours completed by 2 p.m.
RIDE FLIGHTS & FLIGHT OPERATIONS
B-29 Doc will fly on Sunday at 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., for B-29 Doc Flight Experience rides. Tickets for these rides are sold out. Only ticketed passengers and family members will be allowed inside the gate for flight operations. Public viewing is available around the airport outside the fence.
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The B-29 Doc History Restored Tour will land in Allentown, PA, at Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE), May 9-12, 2024
B-29 Doc, one of 1,644 B-29 Superfortress aircraft built by the Boeing Company in Wichita, KS, during World War II, will be available for ground and cockpit tours, as well as B-29 Doc Flight Experience rides during the tour stop at Hangar 10 / Gate 42B (602 Hayden Circle, Allentown, PA 18109).
B-29 Doc Flight Experience tickets are on sale now at www.b29doc.com/rides. Ground and cockpit tour tickets will be available for purchase on the days of the event at the gate. While the aircraft is on the ground, visitors will be able to climb inside the cockpit through the forward bomb bay to get a look inside one of only two B-29 Superfortresses still airworthy and flying today.
B-29 Doc will arrive at ABE (Hangar 10) on Monday, May 6, and will be available for ground and cockpit tours Thursday and Friday, May 9 and 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. B-29 Doc Flight Experience rides will be available Saturday and Sunday, May 11 and 12 at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. both days, followed by ground and cockpit tours from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The last ground/cockpit tour ticket will be sold at 3:30 p.m.
*Parking will be available in lot behind Hangar 7. Ride flight tickets are on sale now via www.b29doc.com/rides. Admission for ground and cockpit tours will be $10 per person or $20 per family. Tickets for ground tours will be available at the gate. B-29 Doc will be hosted by ABE during the tour stop in Allentown.
