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Aircraft refurbisher gives new life to DC-3s

Discussion in 'Aviation Chat' started by DMC, Jun 20, 2010.

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  1. DMC

    DMC Formula 3

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    #1 DMC, Jun 20, 2010
    This article was in our local Sunday paper today. I have been to Wittman Field and the EAA several times but had never heard of Basler Turbo Conversions. They find DC-3's and basically rebuild them as "new" airplanes, with P&W turboprop engines, and a lengthened fuselage.

    http://www.jsonline.com/business/96701784.html

    http://www.baslerturbo.com/

    Neat use of a reliable old airframe.
     
  2. Blue@Heart

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    #2 Blue@Heart, Jun 21, 2010
    Baslers are really neat conversions, but IMHO a DC-3 (while still a really solid airframe) loses much of it's soul when you convert to the PT6...


    I think Ken Borek Air operates two of them too, and I hear that Buffalo has one somewhere (Red Deer?) that is hung up in the importation process...
     

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