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How many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active

Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:29 am

Does anybody know how many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active worldwide?

If they have websites associated with them please post them. Thanks.

Beach City Baby
https://www.vintagewingsinc.com/

Miss Montana
https://missmontanatonormandy.com/

Mr. Douglas
http://www.mrdouglas.org/

Night-Fright
http://www.night-fright.com/

PLANE SAVERS!!!
https://planesavers.com/index.php/the-dc-3

RCAF FZ692 @ The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.
https://www.warplane.com/aircraft/collection/details.aspx?aircraftId=54

Re: How many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active

Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:33 am

Beach City Baby

https://www.vintagewingsinc.com/

Re: How many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active

Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:23 am

PLANE SAVERS!!! (how many of you read that in Mikey's voice :lol: )

RCAF FZ692 @ The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. I am hoping to visit in the next few weeks and will post some pictures.

Re: How many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active

Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:53 am

Thomas_Mac wrote:PLANE SAVERS!!! (how many of you read that in Mikey's voice :lol: )


Most certainly :)

Thomas_Mac wrote:RCAF FZ692 @ The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. I am hoping to visit in the next few weeks and will post some pictures.


That would be awesome.

Re: How many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active

Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:17 am

"Mr Douglas" in Tullahoma , Tn. It's been sitting forlorn on the ramp for 25 years. They are restoring it to hopefully fly this year. It will be a jump plane. Don't think it had much military history as it was Mr. Douglas' personal plane for many years.

Re: How many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active

Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:17 am

AAF C-47B is being restored at Camarillo Airport. They operate the B-25 Executive Sweet as well

http://www.aafgroup.org

Re: How many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active

Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:06 pm

Have to put this one in the maybe column?...

http://wingsofdreams.org/

https://www.tampabay.com/pasco/debt-law ... -20190306/

Re: How many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active

Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:30 pm

4RG.I.'S wrote:Have to put this one in the maybe column?...

http://wingsofdreams.org/

https://www.tampabay.com/pasco/debt-law ... -20190306/


It looks as if this is a very long-term maybe as it looks like the museum folded and the bird is in litigation.

Re: How many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active

Wed Mar 06, 2019 4:06 pm

marine air wrote:"Mr Douglas" in Tullahoma , Tn. It's been sitting forlorn on the ramp for 25 years. They are restoring it to hopefully fly this year. It will be a jump plane. Don't think it had much military history as it was Mr. Douglas' personal plane for many years.


The website for the group restoring it, http://www.mrdouglas.org/. I saw the plane in 2011 and thought it was in decent shape considering how long it had been sitting outside. From looking around it appears it was never in military service, an airliner, Douglas Company plane, with multiple owners before ending up as a skydiving platform.

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Wed Mar 06, 2019 5:42 pm

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Dakota FZ692 is expected to be flying within a few months!

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Re: How many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active

Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:23 pm

These guys are trying to return a North Central Airliner Gooney to her original airline scheme/configuration. The DC is still in California but the plan is to return it to Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
http://www.ahcw.org/northcentral-dc-3.html

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Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:26 pm

The North Carolina Transportation Museum is restoring N56V, Piedmont Airlines "Potomac Pacemaker".
https://www.nctrans.org/Events/Wings.aspx

C2j

Re: How many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active

Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:31 pm

How good is it that these aircraft are being restored some 75 years after they have been built.

VH-BAB in Queensland
https://www.facebook.com/Complete-Aircr ... 928971218/

Re: How many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active

Thu Mar 07, 2019 3:43 pm

Cdn. Warplane Heritage wrote:The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Dakota FZ692 is expected to be flying within a few months!


Beautiful Aircraft!

Re: How many DC-3/C-47 restoration projects currently active

Mon Mar 11, 2019 4:56 pm

Minus 1 :(
https://www.france24.com/en/20190310-co ... s-least-12
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