Restoring a Junkyard D-Day C-47 Plane [ALL PARTS] | That's All Brother | Spark

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  @kenway968 · 2 years ago

  To the elderly gentleman, who said they weren't heroes, you volunteered, paid or not you are all heroes, God bless you sir ! Thank you for your service.

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• GI

  @giorgosarifoglu953 · 2 years ago

  To that hero that mentioned that he only did his service, may I remind him that he is part of the foundation of freedom and independence so THANK YOU

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• TI

  @timothymulholland7905 · 2 years ago

  My grandfather was a businessman who belonged to the United 100,000 Mile Club for all the time he spent in DC-3s. I grew up in Brazil after the war. DC-3s opened the country up. They were our school buses. We lived them.

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• AV

  @avoidingtrees6692 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Thanks and humble respect for you people from the US. As a Frenchman,I know that I owe you …my freedom. I brought my young boys to one American cimetery , and we felt emotional when we saw the magnitude of your commitment. Thank you.

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  @mikeparish93 · 2 years ago

  I was a paratrooper in the Rhodesian army,we used old DC 3s one had a plack in the back that said it was used at Arnhem in WW2. We called that plane Arnham Annie.

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• PA

  @patrickmaio1810 · 2 years ago

  The CAF is raising funds to send her back to Normandy for the 80th anniversary. Saw her again last Saturday; she's a real beauty.

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• MA

  @marktweedyzaayman1044 · 2 years ago

  My father, Ferdie Zaayman, used to pilot DC3 ZS-LVR on freight trips into Africa in the 90's and I as a teenager used to accompany him sometimes sitting in as his copilot. As I look back it gives me a great sense of pride having flown the grand old lady (unofficially off course). He amassed more hours on the sky master that's unbelievable to most pilots achieve in 2 lifetimes perfecting his skill starting back in the Mozambique war and doing things that baffled whomever he flew with proving things other pilots thought impossible that which he did with the grand gal. Well done for this restoricle video and my respect to all involved in the history of this aircraft and you that have gone to the effort of making this video. And to all the fallen, my humble gratitude for your/the sacrifices made!

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• MA

  @maheshgurjar5113 · 2 months ago

  This performance is underrated I did not expect it to be this good.

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• GS

  @gstlb · 2 years ago

  I’ve been in this airplane at the airport in San Marcos. It’s about 10 minutes off I-35 halfway between Austin and San Antonio. I was there just to see what planes they had, didn’t know about this one until I got there. My dad flew these during the war, he loved flying them.

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• EL

  @elrobo3568 · 2 years ago (edited)

  When I was a teen I played on the Normandy beach and explored the pill boxes. I would look through the gun cuts and marvel that soldiers would be able to survive the gunfire that came from them. I went into the USAF at 17 and flew in a C-47 when stationed in Texas, the #2 engine caught fire and she flew just fine to a safe landing. I just got back from France and took my wife of almost 60 years to the Normandy coast and showed her the pill boxes I used to explore. We went to the memorial U.S. cemeteries and walked through the thousands of graves of those brave soldiers that lost their lives in the invasion. I am a Vietnam and Gulf was vet and have always held the U.S. ,Canadian and British soldiers that took part in D-Day in high regard.  They are the best of the best!  Great job! During this trip I noticed that almost all the private homes and business in the towns in Normandy had American flags on flag poles. That was a very nice remembrance of the sacrifice by all the soldiers on D- Day.

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• NI

  @nickt9467 · 2 years ago

  This was fantastic. Thank you, Spark, for putting this all together.

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• ER

  @erickricharson5196 · 1 year ago

  Thank you for your service sir. My Dad is a veteran, he is no longer able to walk after a operation on his back. I just recently moved back home to help him. It hurts because I know he will not walk again. Watching him go down hill, but knowing I am doing the right thing. These veterans are our history, they risked their lives for this nation for us. Thank you for preserving history for saving these old airplanes.

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