We’ve collected another round of DC-3 “glamour shots” from recent flights and events for your enjoyment…Oregon offers so many fantastic aerial views! We also recently hosted an evening dinner event in the hangar for New Avenues for Youth–an organization that combats youth homelessness through a combination of focused assistance and outcome based programs and job training. This DC-3 A model, along with a collection of classic cars, provided the gorgeous backdrop to the evening: 

The rest of September brings more DC-3 interior and structures projects, a tune-up of a Vultee BT-13, and a lot of pilot training. Happy Flying!

As we mentioned in a previous post, a couple weeks ago brought the excitement of our newest DC-3 restoration project arriving in our hangar. She hadn’t flown in nearly 22 years, and performed admirably (as in, uneventfully) during her 1 hour test flight and 3.8 hour ferry flight.This summer has marked the start of what will be her nearly two year long transformation. She’ll receive a new interior, livery, control surfaces, avionics, etc. What an incredible honor this is for us–the feeling of bringing back another one of these beauties is hard to adequately describe.

Control surfaces have been removed, and are now in work:We will of course keep you updated on her progress!