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

[Jim Nichols]

Don, I don't belong to the group doing this, so I don't ask too many 
questions.  When they were here last Fall, they told me they had located 
two zero-time engines and had purchased one, with donations, and were 
raising funds for the second one.  Apparently that came to pass.

I have heard that the US supply has just about been exhausted, and the 
engines are being salvaged from crash sites overseas.  I haven't tried 
to substantiate that.

"Zero-Time" is FAA nomenclature.  It means that the engine consists of 
parts that meet original specifications, showing no wear or 
deterioration, and is supplied with a zero-time log book. For these, it 
can be very expensive.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 4/24/2019 4:03 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> 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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