[AlaskaRC] Fwd: Saving an old DC3 workhorse ( aka: Flight of the Phoenix )

[Steven Lingle]

This is quite an undertaking to save an old DC 3 workhorse, but it had been 
previously converted with 2 Pratt & Whitney Turbo prop engines at a cost of 
somewhere in the range of $1,000,000.
 
This is long, but guarantee you’ll watch it all.
 
Great Story!!
 
A 1943 DC3, being used as a tour plane, ran into a hole while skiing atop snow 
on takeoff. The engines were damaged as was the cockpit and gear.
 
The worst part was that this occurred in Dec, 2012 near a glacier in Antarctica . 
It sat for a year before a rescue and repair team showed up to fix and fly her out. 
It took them two months working in unbelievable conditions. They succeeded and 
now the old plane is back to work!
 
The video shows how things went! What a fantastic accomplishment! They don’t 
teach this stuff in school!!
 
 
www.youtube.com/embed/9ruArctYYbM?feature=player_detailpage <http://www.youtube.com/embed/9ruArctYYbM?feature=player_detailpage>
Lidia - YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/embed/9ruArctYYbM?feature=player_detailpage>
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