Restoring the 'Beach City Baby' Douglas DC-3

[@emderz]

Hi , I’m Jason’s fiancé. I am so proud of Jason and the vintage wings team for this project in it’s entirety. It’s so much more than an old plane 💪

[@flywithaopa]

It's amazing what Jason and the team have done!

[@pjsministry7316]

Love this story. When I was growing up, we lived one or two blocks from Ksmo. I watched these birds being made almost every day. I still fly my 1946 Ercoupe. God Bless, Chaplain Billy - N99601

[@SkeenCharles]

I used to parachute out of the DC-3. We just knew it as the Dakota. Great, love to own one!

[@flyingfortressrc1794]

Such a great story. Thanks for saving this great piece of history.

[@retorenfer8702]

Wow, what a story, I am blown away! You guys did a great job. As they once said “keep ‘em flying”!

[@Ohio-PPG-Trike-Adventures]

Great story and restoration.

[@flywithaopa]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@erniekelly2479]

Wow. Great story.

[@miguelmanzur3928]

Great Love Story with a DC 3 aircraft thank you for sharing it it's beautiful

[@flywithaopa]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@pvesely299]

My dad who is 96 years old now, was an A&E tech in the Army Air Corps at the end of WWII. He is almost blind but still enjoys going aloft. He says it’s a great feeling to be up in the air. They are truly the greatest generation. 🙂

[@flywithaopa]

Hi Paul, please thank your dad for his service for us!

[@andrewreardon5581]

Spine tingling.......inspiring! Many thanks!

[@collinmccallum]

great work!

[@rickholman3182]

Awesome!

[@MrSuzuki1187]

The DC-3 does not have a spar. The outer wings are attached to the center section just outboard of the engine nacelles by 328 machine bolts per wing, placed inches apart, for a total of 656 bolts for both wings. The bolts are protected by a cover which you can see in Jason's video at 1:37 point. Because there is no spar, the DC-3 is only stressed of .75 negative Gs. I noticed several things about his DC-3. It has Pratt & Whitney R-1830 14 cylinder engine, probably Dash 92s, with 1200 hp each. Some DC-3s were equipped with 9 cylinder Wright R-1820 engines, also of 1200 hp. No deicing boots, a one piece windscreen where most had a 2 piece windshield. The left engine's prop is feathered which might have been due to an inflight engine failure. What a dramatic difference in appearance between the day he first saw it and the photo in his video. Lots of TLC went into that restoration.

[@danieltexeira3589]

WOW, awesome.

[@flywithaopa]

Glad you think so!

[@markfriebel3774]

The previous owner, Ken Joseph, lives adjacent from me on the Put-in-Bay airport. He used to talk about it with me.

[@Jerry-n7u]

I was a flight engineer on the C47s usaf in 60s grand old plane

[@chandlerwebb7278]

Hey! I’m a young aviator looking to do the EXACT same thing with a DC-3…I’d love to get in touch with the “powers that be” so to speak to try and pick brains and whatnot. Any chance you could link me up to Jason and his crew??

[@lukecv1107]

I'm one of the crew that volunteers working on her. Did you ever get in touch with anyone? I can talk to you about it if not.

[@situationalawarenes]

You made a dent in the universe.

[@paskosx]

Finding her accidental? No, I don't think so. It was destiny!

[@sportster16301]

This made me a little misty.