Antarctic aircraft rescue

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FourWheelDrift

Original Poster:

88,557 posts

285 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Basler BT-67 (turboprop DC-3 conversion) flown out after crashing on take off 12 months ago.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Huge-Effort-R...

Cockpit reconstruction, undercarriage, props, other assorted holes, 44 days later start it up, take off and back home in time for tea and biccies.

Watch the video on there.

anonymous-user

55 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Brilliant stuff biggrin

perdu

4,884 posts

200 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Amazing

Well done the crew getting her rebuilt

thanks for this FWD

mat13

1,977 posts

182 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Cheers for posting that. Really enjoyed watching it.

guru_1071

2,768 posts

235 months

Tuesday 1st April 2014
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excellent!

a successful 'keebird'


Zed Ed

1,109 posts

184 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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Brilliant