Resurrecting DC3T from Antarctica

[604guy]

Did a search and couldn't find this but apologies if posted previously. Brought a tear of joy to the eye it did :)

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[Coagie]

Glad they didn't write her off. The DC-3 has withstood the test of time. A design triumph!

[BEagle]

This would make an excellent documentary on Discovery or similar.

A fantastic effort in very harsh conditions. Good to see that the easy option of writing the aircraft off wasn't taken! But repairs must have cost a fortune :eek:!!

[Herod]

They mention that Lidia was used in the rescue of Mia. I think there's a video of that as well. You can't keep a good DC3 down.

[54Phan]

There was an American C-130 which spent quite a long time buried in the snow before being salvaged and put back into service.

[India Four Two]

"OK guys. Today's job is to go to Antartica, live in tents and rebuild a DC-3 in the open air. No problem."

What a fantastic achievement. Is there a write-up of this somewhere? I would be interested to know what the temperatures were. In some of the shots, it looks positively balmy by polar standards.

Ken Borek Air is a remarkable company.

[Nopax,thanx]

Another factor to consider is that it's now quite a bad thing to litter the Antarctic with bits of broken aeroplanes (which is why the DH Otter was recovered by the Brits a few years back) which might also explain the effort put in to rescue this old bird.

Anyway, hats off to 'em

[barit1]

Hey - they're Canadians, used to snow & wind, eh?

I am surprised they didn't build a hockey rink while they did the rivet job. :ok:

[clunckdriver]

They did build a rink, the guys from Toronto lost! {Again/still}

[Dak Man]

I've driven worse so I think I could fly it out of there........

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