Some six months ago, TAM wanted a DC-3 for its museum in Sao Paulo. A friend, and retar'd Douglas engineer who headed up restoration of their DC-2, was tasked with finding a suitable DC-3. He found one within 50 miles of home. The buyers were ready spend many thousands of dollars to crate it and barge it from SoCalif to Brasil. My friend quashed that folly, and convinced the seller to deliver the plane for a fee. The flight went well, and everybody is living happily ever after, except my friend who never got paid for his efforts, in spite of promises..
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