Crashed DC-3T in Antarctica rebuilt insitu & flown out,wow !

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Don't ever complain of a cold garage / hanger !
DC-3 turboprop has lost her engines,undercarriage and nose caved in.
Rather than abandon the old girl, they rebuild her in situ in Antarctica.
An amazing team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ruArctYYbM#t=151

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fatboy69 said:

oodypup59 said:

Brilliant.

Years ago I watched the film about the rebuild of the B29 in the Artic on the edge of my seat.

That would be the B29 that they got going again, taxied it extremely quickly over very rough terrain, rather than take care with the aircraft, which resulted in the APU being bounced loose which then caused a fire which quickly consumed the plane resulting in just a charred mess on the ice.

When they could & should have flown a B29 home for all to admire......

At least the DC3 was treated with the care that it deserved. Thankfully.

That would be 'Kee Bird', I don't know if she was taxied too fast or not, but the APU did not bounce loose, it was a fuel can poorly lashed up for the APU which spilt fuel which was the cause.