The nose wheel has been removed and a flatbed trailer  has been placed underneath to support the weight of the fuselage when the wing center sections are removed.
	The center fuselage section with all control surfaces  already  removed and shipped.
	The four giant radial engines awaiting shipment.
	Cliff Gaston (right) takes a much needed break while talking with a visitor, who just happens to be a retired B-29 pilot.  Harry George, (left) has more than 1,500 hours as pilot in command (PIC) of B-29s during World War II.  He told us  many war stories, like the time he had to bail out of a "29" because it was too shot up to land safely.  Now his hat and camera are at the bottom of the Marianas Trench in the South Pacific Ocean.  Thanks for your service to our country Harry.
	Looking forward from the severed tail section, you can see the wing center section, control cables and the crew tube.  When necessary, the crew would crawl through this large tube to go from the cockpit to the tail section.  This picture shows just how well preserved "Doc" really is.
	At the rear of the forward crew's compartment is this large pressure bulkhead.  The B-29 was the first pressurized, high altitude bomber in the U.S. arsenal.  The two red handles between the crew tube and the round hatch were used to assist in entering the cockpit area.
	The pilot's station is missing the control wheel, instruments and seat.  However the control column and rudder peddles were still in place.  The blue wheel in the center is the elevator trim  tab control wheel, and the two red handles at left are the two main wheel brake locks.
	The copilot's station is not in much better shape.  The round post in the center is the control column, and the four throttles can be seen just above the elevator trim control wheel at left.  To the rear is the emergency escape hatch just above the Flight Engineer's station.
	A close up view of the Flight Engineer's station shows all instruments missing here also, but you can still see all the lever operated engine controls.

    I wish there was enough space to show all of the sixty photos I took that day, but there isn't!  In the meantime, I wish "Doc" a safe journey, and hope the restoration goes well.  What a magnificent airplane!