The Mother of all field repairs

[Niehart]

And I worried about wiring in my driving lights ...

 

[MEM]

Those crazy Canucks . (couple of them sound like Newfs)

Great find, Dave !!

 

[C&C]

A............that's was pretty cool; thanks for sharing.

 

[ahchiu]

Very cool, thanks for sharing Dave

 

[lonerider]

Lot of work under less than ideal conditions; bet they had a hell of a celebration party after. That's the first DC3 I've seen with upgraded powerplants, wonder what they used. Thanks for sharing that.

 

[LKLD]

That was some undertaking! I thought it was inspirational to see those involved, living in tents on Antartica for 6 weeks, with one common goal....and achieving it! $5,000 a day, for 45 days = $225,000, and I'm sure that wasn't all of the bill.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[wnyfjr]

Lot of work under less than ideal conditions; bet they had a hell of a celebration party after. That's the first DC3 I've seen with upgraded powerplants, wonder what they used. Thanks for sharing that.

There's a company called Basler I think that does turboprop conversions, skis, etc. Out of Wisconsin maybe? Saw them years ago at Airventure.

 

[CAJW]

I'm guessing the reason it happened in the first place is the fuzzy dice hanging at the pilot station was showing snake eyes at the time. Seriously, the dedication and compassion for that old airplane oozes from the pores of the recovery crew in every interview. They talk about her as an animate object that they're help bring back to health. Pretty cool! Kudos!

 

[Bugnatr]

Damn Canadians can't throw away anything.

I have no idea what the value of the crashed plane was but was it really cheaper to fix this plane over replacing it with a used one??

 

[bikerskier]

That was excellent. I was lucky enough to steer one of those around Northern Alberta many years ago and they are a very stout aircraft. Thanks for sharing.

 

[SacramentoMike]

Most amazing part is, the chief engineer for this project actually designs toy airplanes for a living!

Oh wait, that was "The Flight of the Phoenix." Never mind.

 

[NightShine]

Most amazing part is, the chief engineer for this project actually designs toy airplanes for a living!
Oh wait, that was "The Flight of the Phoenix." Never mind.

And they weren't "toy" airplanes, they were "models"!

 

[RichDoyle]

As a historical note, the plane they cobbled together for the flying scenes in "Flight of the Phoenix" broke up while filming the landing scene, killing the pilot, Paul Mantz, a long-time veteran of movie stunt flying. That's why there is no scene at the end of the plane landing.

 

[JamesW]

WAY COOL.