Tough and Tougher

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Basler Turbo Conversions in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is one of the only companies in the world that converts piston-engine DC-3s into turbine-powered aircraft. Tour the facility as Basler President Randy Myers gives a history of the company and breaks down exactly what goes into converting these rugged, tough DC-3s into even tougher Basler BT-67s. In addition, get an inside look at the restoration of the Commemorate Air Force’s C-47 That’s All, Brother, the lead airplane in the D-Day invasion at Normandy, which is being undertaken by Basler at its Oshkosh base.

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24 янв 2018

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@claireparr4489 5 месяцев назад

Brilliant! Thank you. Basler Turbo Conversion is unique and a wonderful company ✈️👍👏👏

@BeechSportBill 6 лет назад

My dad was an instructor in C-47s at Pope Field. He may have flown 'That's all Brother...'. I think it was parked near the Cessna 195s at Oshkosh in 2009. I walked around it and wondered...

@angelsandoval6493 Год назад

Hi. A great and nice video. Congratulations team AMT.

@woodychadwick9834 5 лет назад

That plane will out live us all.

@MrMariocavalcanti2 2 года назад

Amazing!! Love DC3s

@spoonnz 5 лет назад

This is the best thing i have EVER heard!

@trekaddict 6 лет назад

The DC3, the B52, the Canberra... those Goden Bullseyes of aviation design.

@Adolf_Meowtler Год назад

Plane is still angry, refuses to die.

@stephendavidbailey2743 5 лет назад

Better turboprop DC3's than no DC3's. Besides, the props preserve a lot of the sound. The newest R-1830 has to be 50-60 years old. To me, it's great that all the good things about DC3's are not just preserved, but improved. One thing I don't understand, though is why the tailwheel is not made retractable. Seems like that would improve cruise performance appreciably. Still, an 85 knot [nearly 100 mph] increase in cruise speed is not bad at all. You end up with a quieter, smoother, faster and safer DC3. What's not to like?

@TFairy-bp5te 5 лет назад

I was an avionics tech that spent a fair bit of time with Baslers (We called them Bedazzlers), I think very highly of them but that sound can't touch a radial... five blade props sound different too. They do get a lot attention still though.

@KingOfBanks 5 лет назад

Awesome to see a bit of what you are doing for such an incredible aircraft. Who's giving this vid thumbs down, hardcore radial fans? ;)

@jasonferguson1167 5 лет назад

Extremely impressed !!! ,keep it Up.

@FunPlacesToFly 6 лет назад

Great video!

@danray6012 6 лет назад

Nice video!

@GamePlayWithNolan 6 лет назад

Awesome!

@thomasryan5394 4 года назад

Why do you change the wingtips? Wasn't there a South African company that used to do the same PT6 conversion?

@duncandmcgrath6290 4 года назад

Like Randy says the round engines ( specifically twin wasp ) are boat anchors. As far as a replacement for the DC3, a HS748 can do circles around this thing ... they’re cheap and super tough..

@SecondLifeTravels1 5 лет назад

So they're turning them into the Millennium Falcon of airplanes.

@u.s.patriot3415 5 лет назад

Would be great to have a pressurized model with all modern cockpit, yokes, throttle, etc. Looks like they do a great job here and the amount of in house work, is phenomenal.

@S.P.A.R.K.Y. 5 лет назад

C-47 Timewarp.

@blackbirdpie217 5 лет назад

What does "one of the only" mean? If there are two, it could be one of the two or one of only two but one of the only?

@petermoran2204 5 лет назад

I wonder where they get a lot of those old planes from ??

@ronal0508 5 лет назад

There are thousands of them around the world, just in Nevada, the military has hundreds in the desert

@victor.leslieaugustpikingt8848 5 лет назад

It would have been a nice touch if the engine cowling could have stayed the same shape , but as has already been said a turbine DC3 rather then no DC 3

@cliffordkinnear9354 5 лет назад

Lead the way!! The Hell with the Axis Powers, Wer'e Here!!!!!!! Great story!! An airframe that deserves turboprops!!

@flypawels 3 года назад

👍

@Bluenose352 3 года назад

3:51 Not true. Luckily, many historians told the CAF, this was a mistake, and they're telling the history correctly. The Pathfinders led the invasion. This doesn't make TAB any less historical. Granted it was the 12th C-47 (11th C-47 since 1 Pathfinder is in the English Channel) to cross over the Normandy Beachhead. But, it led the first 800 C-47's in the mass formation of Paratroopers.

@johncgibson4720 5 лет назад

But wouldn't it be cheaper and faster to build a new plane from scratch?

@Timoteo53575 5 лет назад

You have to be kidding..... :-)

@dakotasnow1174 5 лет назад

R&D alone for building a new aircraft would probably cost more.

@mattwelcome9733 6 лет назад

I hate that they can't keep some of these more historical aircraft original, I guess it's a necessary evil to keep them from the scrappers

@charlieharper981 5 лет назад

You might enjoy watching this D Day DC 3 come back to life: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FIugl2xueik.html

@henry2008kim 6 лет назад

Oooooh first!

@javiermac5885 4 года назад

One DC3 is $300k. After conversion to Basler with the Turbine turboprop engine, It cost $8 Million. Should just replace the old piston engine with a new high performance modern piston engine and bring the cost down to less than $600k. The only reason why they convert the DC3 is because they can't buy the funny octane fuel to run the old engines!