[Leica] IMG: Restoration of "Mister Douglas" Continues

[Don Dory]

Amazing keeping an old DC3 running.   Where do you get zero time Wasp
radials anymore?

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 4:14 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> The supporters of the jump plane "Mister Douglas" are once more on-site
> working on the airplane.  They have raised funds for two zero-time Pratt
> & Whitney engines, the first of which was installed on the airplane
> yesterday.  The fittings and accessories from the old left engine will
> now be inspected, refurbished, and installed on the second engine at
> their shop in Florida.  The fabric control surfaces have also been
> re-covered and are being reinstalled.
>
> Here is a 6-panel pano that I took this morning:
>
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190424-DSCF7225-Pano.JPG.html
>
> And, here is that new right engine:
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190424-DSCF7222.JPG.html
>
> Please view LARGE!
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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