by Ron Kilber (rpknet@aztec.asu.edu)

This story describes 'the trip home' of the DC-3/C-53. Following the restoration of the plane, it was flown via the North Atlantic route from Mesa, Arizona to Eindhoven Airport in Holland. The travelogue will take you with the crew on their adventurous flight, allows you to meet some very interesting people and shares with you some of the more tense moments that come with flying a historic airplane almost halfway across the world.

          -- Roland Korst

To get in the mood, start by reading the introduction to the book and learn how our author got to be on-board the airplane in the first place.

Mesa, Arizona

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On day -1- you will meet the crew while they prepare for their take-off and fly the first leg of the long flight 'home'.

Mesa, Arizona to Salina, Kansas

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Learn all about knots, the risk of leaky fuel pumps, frustration, Maineacs and 'on the way engine repair' on day -4-.

Stuck in Bangor, Maine

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Read the day -7- entry in the diary of this incredible flight, about the cold, landings on the icecap, the curvature of the earth and more.

Narsarsuaq, Greenland to Reykjavic, Iceland

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Day -11-, over the water and above the clouds again for the longest and most risky leg of the trip from Iceland to the beautiful Scotish countryside.

Reykjavic, Iceland to Wick, Scotland