C-47B, 43-49531, Restoration Progress December 20th 2009

[noizeedave]

http://www.aafgroup.org/c47.html

Heres the weblink for our C-47! There will be a new link on the right lower corner May 1st when the Recovery website goes up, to include daily updated photos and video!!!

Team Members Announced!

Ferry Pilot - Leigh Smith
SIC - Matthew Anger
Crew Chief - Rick DeCurtins
Maintenance - Dave Green
Maintenance - Dave Myers
Maintenance - Craig Abernathy

Website for Recovery of aircraft , with daily updated photos and video is at http://www.aluminummistress.org

New return date has been pushed up, might be home as early as 22 May, next month!

Volunteers needed! We have a planned 7 month restoration, to include paint schedule, to get her in the air by New Years of 2008/2009!

-Dave

[noizeedave]

Website up!

http://www.aluminummistress.org

Thanks for all the support so far!

[noizeedave]

We have a $1 donation drive going on right now to help pay for the ferry flight expenses and restoration for our C-47. Please see our website for the paypal donation link. If everyone who reads wouldnt mind passing it on to 1 friends, we'd appreciate all the support we can muster up!

http://www.aluminummistress.org

and as normal, all donations are tax-deductible, being that we are a 501c3!
Thank you all for the kind PMs and part donations!

[noizeedave]

It has started! The 5 of us are currently at LAX awaiting our flight to Canada! We will arrive today and have intial photos by 7pm PST posted on the the website. Please check in and if someone wants to request photos of certain areas or project while were there, post it and Ill take them!

C-47 Coming Home Soon after 55 years of Foreign service!

[noizeedave]

http://www.aluminummistress.org/news/news.htm

We are on day 3 and wanted to ensure you all knew where to watch for updates. just follow the link above.

6 days until the first flight!

[noizeedave]

Photos and Streaming video of the first engine runs in 6 years!

Daily updated photos and video!

http://www.aluminummistress.org/news/news.htm

The flight leaves here on 22 May, We will pass through Spokane, Wa and Livermore,Ca on the way home!

Please come out to see us, or for more info please email us

[Curtis Block]

Great stuff Dave.

How has the airframe held up over the years?

Are there any corrosion issues?

[noizeedave]

no corrosion issues to speak of really. its in great shape and the israeli desert has been very good to this aircrafft!

We have got both motors up and running now and are going to taxi check it tuesday! Ferry flight to follow on thursday.

[noizeedave]

Power runs are now complete on her and we are attempting our ferry flight tomorrow, weather permitting, and if alls well, then the flight home is this Thursday!

Check out the news http://www.aluminummistress.org/news/news.htm

We found good stuff out here to eat too!



If their is not new information on the page, please press your refresh button.

Thanks again!
"She's almost home!"

Dave

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[Curtis Block]

Good luck.

I hope all goes well.

[RuudLeeuw]

Hello,
what is the situation now, a month later?
Did that bird depart Villeneuve already?
thks
Rudi

[Curtis Block]

I think they got the aircraft down to CA.

Dave told me about three weeks ago that he was on his way to Afghanistan. I'm not sure how long he'll be gone. He was going to shoot me an E-mail when he got settled in but I haven't heard from him. Hope he's doing well.

I'd check the web site for the possibility of more information.

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[daveymac82c]

I've been in touch with Dave in the last week or so and he is on a mission right now. He couldn't say much and I'm not sure when he'll be back.

I'm glad to hear the Aluminum Mistress is down in California now. That's great news. I've been following the progress a well and the website hadn't said anything since the inspector rejected their ferry permit.

Cheers,

David

[FlynFish]

Hi guys,

My name is Matt, I'm with the crew and the AAF. Unfortunately, the C-47 still sits up in Canada. The lady with the FAA in Seattle wanted to see the archives for the plane, she wants to know the history, and we had some additional paperwork to take care of. Of course she seems to be on endless vacations, so communication with her is hard to come by.

Transport Canada has inspected the plane for the FAA, so the plane is capable to fly, we are just waiting for the FAA inspector to contact us back with the Ferry permit. A few weeks ago, she gave us a time frame of 3-6 weeks for the records, we are shooting for the end of July to get her home.

Dave is doing well. He is overseas in the desert. He was hoping to return Mid-July, but may be extending for a few weeks longer.

I will post an update to the website as soon as I have more concrete information. We appreciate all the support, and I'm sure Dave appreciates it as well!

Thanks
Matt

[CAPFlyer]

This must be the same inspector who dealt with the importation & Part 121 certification of 3 CV-580s for the company I used to work for. You'd think the planes had never been flown before, much less flown by DHL or its maintenance plan for 20-odd years...