As one lucky enough to have accumulated 30 hrs hrs in DC3s (actually C47s for the pursists), I applaud the idea of building a group around one.
However, reality check ON
What are you actually going to do with it?
The 5 airframes that I was fortunate enough to experience were all used for delivering WFP aid into the African bush for a couple of UN contracted suppliers. These aeroplanes were work-horses and were treated very much as an aerobatic competitor treats his mount - a tool for the job!
However as a low timed MEP pilot but with comparitevely lots of tailwheel time, they were superb confidence building machines - wheel it on at 60 and with full fwd contol the tail gently settles at about 37. A lovely aeroplane!
With time, Russian operators of An 26/An32 won the contracts and the Dak dwindled mid nineties.
FF - yep you can get one in and out of my front garden easily!!
Stik
back from exile in Portugal