New Engine finally delivered C-47

[Mark Cook]

Our newly rebuilt C-47 Engine showed up today. Now the hard work starts....
http://www.wwiiadt.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 8&start=10

[Mark Cook]

This weekend we installed the new powerplant and rebuilt props.
Hopefully we'll have final rigging completed and back in the air in another week.
http://www.wwiiadt.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 8&start=10

[Project Warbird]

Great news, looking great. Hope to see you guys fly over some day soon. If you get in the Asheville area, stop by. I'm At the Asheville reginal airport at Belle Aircraft Maint, north end of airport.

[PJ]

Looking good! I always enjoy seeing you guys jumps at Ft. Campbell.
Good Luck,
PJ

PV-2 Harpoon "Hot Stuff"
www.amhf.org

Great news on the C-47. Hope you make it to Oshkosh for the DC-3/C-47 gathering in July.

[Holedigger]

Very shiny new engine. Nice pics. It will be all grimy and oil covered in no time! Tis the nature of the beast.

[Mark Cook]

Thanks for all of the comments!!!
Schedules finally permitted our initial run up of the new engine today!
We do have a few unrelated issues that will need to be addressed before a test hop, but we're well on track to be in the air by next week.
FYI, we'll be conducting our 2010 winter jump school with lots of flight time!!
If anyone is in the neighborhood on Saturday the 23rd, we'll be having an open hangar day.
Let me know if you would like further details!
Mark

[the330thbg]

Fantastic!!!!!!!

[coastdef]

Video of the second engine run; ready to cowl up and go flying!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3bkvkyRwqI

Regards,

Andy

[Mark Cook]

You Beat me to it Andy!!

[coastdef]

Takeoff!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S40H4srV6NM

Regards,

Andy

[Mark Cook]

We'll be pushing jumpers out at 0900 tomorrow!!
Mark

[coastdef]

After 9 additional flights during jump school, our new engine is running great! We had an excellent jump school and open hangar day, and also hosted numerous WWII troop carrier and airborne veterans! For information on activities, see:

http://www.wwiiadt.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=89

Regards,

Andy

[coastdef]

We've been working on some other updates to our C-47, now that we have the engine change completed. One project is to restore the radio operators station. The area was still there (the bulkheads hadn't ever been moved or removed), but it has been empty. One of our members has collected a portion of the radios needed, and we got them installed recently. We had the honor of having Clarence Haberman, a WWII C-47 radio operator, there for the process:

Radio installation:



Clarence Haberman with the radio prior to installation:



Clarence Haberman on the wing of his C-47 during WWII:



We also recently installed a original "football" ADF to the aircraft:





Regards,

Andy

[peter]

Great to see such efforts going in to make a DC3 with proper wartime fit! Well doe!!