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" When the aircraft was
purchased, it was
pretty much a paperweight...
you could turn the props
through, but other than that,
nothing worked on this thing. "
-Jason Capra
" When the aircraft was purchased, it was
Matt Bower,
below, isn't a
pilot and wasn't
involved in
aviation before
volunteering
with Vintage
Wings. Now
he's looking
into aviation
career options.
pretty much a paperweight, " Capra said. " I
mean, the engines, you could turn the props
through, but other than that, nothing worked
on this thing. Everything was frozen in place.
The landing gear needed to be completely
overhauled and replaced. The flight controls-
everything back to the tail elevators and the
rudder-were destroyed from being out in the
wind all the time. It was a good frame. It was a
good skeleton. But everything else needed to be
completely redone. "
" I always thought it'd be cool to see it fly, "
said Matz, now 26 years old. " My dad texted
me an article saying that someone found the
airplane and was going to restore it. I was
living in Cleveland, it's like an hour-and-ahalf
drive, so I just showed up like, 'What do
you need?' And that's how it started, and I
just never stopped showing up. "
Since Matz started volunteering, he has
earned his A&P certificate. He's now the
director of maintenance for Vintage Wings
and serves as vice president on its board.
On October 6, 2018, the DC-3, now
One of the volunteers who helped with the
initial restoration was Joe Matz. He had been
to the Beach City Airport for an event with his
father and had seen the airplane before Capra
purchased it.
named Beach City Baby, lifted off from its
namesake airport for the first time in more
than two decades with Capra and veteran
DC-3 pilot Ian Hengst at the helm. Four
hundred people came to the small airport
to watch the flight. The airplane was moved
to its new home in Franklin, Pennsylvania,
that day, and for the first time in 25 years
it was put into a hangar. Although it was a
major milestone, the restoration effort still
had a long way to go.
Data plates display
the aircraft's
completion
date and Army
Air Corps serial
number. The
interior of
Beach City Baby
is removed
during winter
maintenance.
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