Page 1 of 2
New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:55 pm
by 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
Re: New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:59 pm
by 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
Re: New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:33 am
by 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.
Re: New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:33 am
by PJ
Looking good! I always enjoy seeing you guys jumps at Ft. Campbell.
Good Luck,
PJ
PV-2 Harpoon "Hot Stuff"
www.amhf.org
Re: New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:36 am
by jwc50
Great news on the C-47. Hope you make it to Oshkosh for the DC-3/C-47 gathering in July.
Re: New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:50 pm
by Holedigger
Very shiny new engine. Nice pics. It will be all grimy and oil covered in no time! Tis the nature of the beast.
Re: New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:17 pm
by 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
Re: New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:12 am
by the330thbg
Fantastic!!!!!!!
Re: New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:14 am
by coastdef
Video of the second engine run; ready to cowl up and go flying!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3bkvkyRwqIRegards,
Andy
Re: New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:42 pm
by Mark Cook
You Beat me to it Andy!!
Re: New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:09 pm
by coastdef
Re: New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:05 am
by Mark Cook
We'll be pushing jumpers out at 0900 tomorrow!!
Mark
Re: New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:15 am
by 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=89Regards,
Andy
C-47 Maintenance Updates
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 3:03 pm
by 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
Re: New Engine finally delivered C-47
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:36 pm
by peter
Great to see such efforts going in to make a DC3 with proper wartime fit! Well doe!!