BCPA DC-6 resurrected.

[bhk]

The sub-heading for this forum "room" is "Everything Old Is New Again", which is why I've posted this thread here. This subject definitely fits that description to a 'T'.
(EDIT: It has been moved here to The Beacon).

This morning I received an email from a fellow flight-simmer in Finland, by the name of Pekka Kaupi. He had flown the FS9 Flight that I created for the British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) across the Pacific from San Francisco to Sydney.
The thing is, he now owns part of an original BCPA DC6 airliner!!
His email is reproduced below, together with the pix he sent:-

Hello. I was just reading about history of
BCPA and their flights from Vancouver BC to Kingford Australia by DC4's

So. I thought that my experience with MS Flight Simulator flying the same route is a quite real, especially when I get ready with my cockpit, which is a real former BCPA DC-6 cn 43128. I bought it from Arizona USA and had it shipped to Finland. Restoration work has taken much time and money since the cockpit was so stripped from all components. I have found a most of the replacement items and the interior looks quite good... Next is to integrate it to MS Flight Sim...

Here I include some photos for you to see...

Best Regards

Pekka J Kauppi


Here are Pekka's photos..........










Wonderful!

Bruce

[Deleted]

Great stuff. I think he has a lifetime's work ahead of him but I bet he'll enjoy doing it.

Roger

[Dan]

Wow - that is something!

Roger is right, he'll enjoy every minute! Can you imagine getting up in the morning, asking the stewardess (brunette) for some coffee, and start hitting the switches . . . the ultimate sim!!

Dan

…it’s great being a kid again – without the glue! ;D

[beana51]

Its wonderful that people can do these things...often it a group or some club,that gets involved...To share the interest ,joy,and the cash!..lets face it ,restoring ANYTHING is challenging in terms of talent,time and money!..My question is what will this monumental effort really turn out to be??Of course it would be a Helluva flight Sim and like Dan said with a Hot and Cold running stewardess!. ;D Redheaded but of Course!!..The best of luck and success to Mr.Pekka!! Hope his progress is shared with us, in the future!!
Vin