How To: DC-3 restoration under less favourable conditions

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Anytime you are working on your CMP truck under less favourable conditions, spend a few minutes watching this video:

https://youtu.be/9ruArctYYbM

It may help to get a grip on yourself and finish the job. This team rebuilt a DC-3 outside, on Antarctica! First of all, they had to move 100 tons of snow - by hand! Then make structural repairs, like grafting on a new cockpit section
Anyway, have a look yourself and let me know if you know of a restoration story that took more guts than this one.


“A DC-3 Crashes in Antarctica. A Team Rebuilt The Plane In The Harshest Conditions On Earth
This DC-3 (BT-67), a turboprop DC-3 nicknamed Lidia, crashed in 2012. All the passengers escaped without injury. However, the aircraft didn’t fare as well. For almost a year, the damaged craft sat idle under very harsh conditions until a team of engineers made an attempt to rebuilt the aircraft. They faced extremely cold temperatures, blowing snowstorms and high winds. It’s a great story that shows the power of dedication, hard work, and hope to rescue a classic aircraft.“

[Bob Carriere]

.....will never complain again of cold conditions around the Hammond Barn!!!!

[Harry Moon]

I'll stop complaining when the temperature drops below 10 C.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Seven weeks on the glacier. I was thinking through the camp logistics. Good thing they had their own Twin Otter hauling in food, fuel, tools and parts, and taking out garbage, broken pieces, and sick people.

[Robert Bergeron]

That’s an amazing story . Thanks for posting Hanno !

[James P]

And another .

https://www.southpolestation.com/tri...y/321/321.html

And sometimes, things go seriously sideways.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE9j-W_8USw