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Post by vs on May 15, 2019 18:20:11 GMT 12
I am not to sure if it has been mentioned on here before, Mikey from Ice Pilots brought an ex D-Day DC3 and has plans to have it flying by June 6. He does a show on youtube every day and they have been a great watch. It is certainly getting close! Dave, perhaps you need to interview Mikey?
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Post by 30sqnatc on May 22, 2019 21:44:12 GMT 12
Darn thats my whole evening gone watching some past episodes. I'm hooked.
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Post by madmax on May 22, 2019 23:52:35 GMT 12
Hi Guys, Yep have been watching this restoration buy a dedicated group of volunteers with interest. Aircraft is now out of the hangar and had engine runs. D day, or should that be F=Fly day, June 6, still look achievable.
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Post by baz62 on May 23, 2019 4:45:19 GMT 12
Yes get my daily fix of Plane Savers. Quite an achievement to take what was basically a stripped out hulk to almost ready to fly. The resources of Buffalo Airways and the expertise of Mikey's Uncle Ronnie have certainly helped but the skills of the volunteers (some qualified some not)and the team spirit has really made it possible. And the incredible Aviation Engineering training school who provided hangar space and equipment was another life line. The only major structural repair was the base of the rudder mount. It had sat without a rudder lock at one point and the wind slammed the rudder around so much it cracked and tore the lower structure.
But they got a skin guy who took it all apart, sent it back to Buffalo (the project is a long way away from the Buffalo base so it all freighted back and forth) and the engineers made up a repair kit and sent it back.
Buffalo Joe will be doing the first flight on June 6.
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Post by madmax on May 23, 2019 13:32:51 GMT 12
Have an idea they put a new cabin floor in in aircraft also. In an early episode I watched they were deriveting a floor from a donor aircraft at Buffalo in temps of minus 37 degrees - now that's dedication! And how about Trent on the push-back tug. Put an aircraft with a 93 foot span through an 87 foot (or there abouts) gap.
About to watch episode 141 now.
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Post by madmax on May 23, 2019 13:33:28 GMT 12
Episode 31 a Buffalo donor DC-3 gave up its floor for the resto job
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Post by baz62 on May 24, 2019 5:20:25 GMT 12
Episode 31 a Buffalo donor DC-3 gave up its floor for the resto job Wasn't that for the UK DC3? |
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Post by vs on Jun 7, 2019 12:35:45 GMT 12
She flies!
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Post by ZacYates on Aug 2, 2019 10:42:19 GMT 12
I missed the whole thing and didn't watch it until last week, binging a few dozen episodes a day until finishing (coincidentally) the day before they arrived at Oshkosh. What an amazing programme, journey and community! And a rollercoaster of emotion. I need a DC-3 model kit...
And now for the prologue to Series 2:
Something quite different, an individual aircraft I remember seeing in magazines and on websites, and a type that's sure to get a lot of attention.
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Post by vs on Aug 2, 2019 11:30:03 GMT 12
I watched every episode of season 1 as they came out....was a great series and something to look forward to watch every day. The epidode at Red Deere with the tour of the derelict DC3, A/B26 is a must watch.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 2, 2019 15:26:06 GMT 12
How many episodes are there in the first series? I never got round to watching it when it was coming out. Wondering how long it'll take to watch and catch up.
I watched today's new episode this morning. I have Subscribed to the Youtube page now as I think it will be good.
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Post by vs on Aug 2, 2019 16:53:22 GMT 12
Was every day from about January 1 to June 6!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 2, 2019 16:55:24 GMT 12
Oh I may flag it then  |
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Post by ZacYates on Aug 3, 2019 0:08:24 GMT 12
How many episodes are there in the first series? 157. To be fair, I didn't watch all the livestream eps in my recent binge... |
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Post by baz62 on Aug 3, 2019 17:12:24 GMT 12
Yep looking forward to this. As Mikey mentioned in his video he's not going to do a video every day but closer to 3 a week but will go to everyday or so towards the end of the rebuild.
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Post by ZacYates on Aug 4, 2019 10:44:34 GMT 12
Episode 1 of Season 2 today, focused on getting 'DTD to Oshkosh and some of the fun they had there:
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Post by senob on Aug 8, 2019 17:01:55 GMT 12
Series 2 Episode 2 out yesterday.
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