Locally Famous DC-3 Makes Final Trip

[Eric Friedebach]

From today's AvWeb email:

Locally Famous DC-3 Makes Final Trip

What the Corona, Calif. Press-Enterprise calls the local airport's "signature airplane" is headed to South America's largest aviation museum. The DC-3, owned by John and Betty Pappas of Mission Viejo, left Saturday on a 5,300-nm trip over the Andes and across the Amazon jungle to be featured in the museum at Sao Carlos, Brazil. Boeing purchased the aircraft, nicknamed Rose, for an undisclosed price from the Pappas to place in the museum, which is described as being comparable to Seattle’s Museum of Flight. "It is the best place for a wonderful old airplane to finish off her days," said John Pappas. Like all DC-3s, this one has a storied past. Built in 1943 for the military, it was used to drop paratroopers on D-Day.

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