From 1974 to 1978 I worked for Aero Dyne in Renton, Washington. Aero Dyne ran 7 DC-3/C-47s on a variety of missions. One of these was N74589.  After I left the company 589 was leased to an air freight company. I'm not sure of the details but 589 was abandoned on the airport at Covington, Georgia and hadn't flown since 1998.
Clive Edwards of DB Aviation in London, England has rescued a number of older transport category including 4 DC-3s/C-47s. When he heard that the 75th Anniversary of the DC-3 was going to be celebrated at The Last Time fly-in that was scheduled to take place the week before AirVenture 2010, he set out to find a DC-3 in the States to resurrect. After a search he settled on N74589. I tracked Edwards and 589 down on the grounds of AirVenture 2010.
Listen as Edwards tells the amazing story of the rapid resurrection of N74589.

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Clive Edwards of DB Aviation:



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