Eastern DC-7B

June 18, 2009. Eastern Air Lines DC-7B, N836D starts #3 engine. Lots of flames, lots of fine tuning to be done. This airplane will operate "Living History" flights all over the USA. This project was started in May of 2004 when Carlos Gomez and Marc Wolff got it ready to ferry to Miami for the restoration. The airplane was ready to fly in September of 2004. It took off, made a stop at the Atlanta-Peachtree airport for inspection by ex-Eastern employees, then continued south to the Opa-locka airport. It has been in total restoration since then, and is now in the final stages of completion. It will be flown by the Historical Flight Foundation as an IRS certified 501c3 not for profit project. See web site www.N836D.com for updates.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• N836D
• Eastern Airlines
• Douglas props
• Douglas DC-7
• Atlantic Models
• HFF
• 501c3
• Carlos Gomez
• Roger Jarman
• Marc Wolff
• shophff

[squadman33]

Too rich or not running right...???

[douglasprops]

First engine runs in 5 years. Tweaking from this first start. Taxi tests next two weeks. Stay tuned.......

[clintonhgroves]

Reminds me of working on the R-3350 at TWA in the mid-1960s. Inlet fires were common but these are exhaust fires. You can see raw fuel being expelled. This indicates two or four spark plugs not firing since raw fuel is coming out two different stacks. We used to have a wand we would stick between cylender fins (with engine shut down of course) and tell which one was cold. It was interesting but dirty and difficult work. The jets were so simple.

[douglasprops]

Hi Clint,

Enjoy this video, but he high power runs are coming next. #2 and #3 are about ready for that, and #4 is not far behind.

Roger in Miami

[327409427]

Thank you for posting. This is a great video. Are you part of the restoration project? Again, thanks for posting. Appreciate it very much.

[SgtGrant23]

did they pull it thru or bump it or did you drain the bottom cylinders?

[angel2you]

you can hear it missing. need someone turning the screws on the pressure carb.

nice work guys, thinking of driving to Oshkosh to see you guys.

would be nice to ride from FLA. have to win the lottery first.

[Rick452002]

Absolutely fabulous!!!  A symphony!!

[FranklinParkIL]

Take the engine to a Triumph motorcycle shop for valves, cylinder hone and carb tune up.

[tchapman1977]

Wow...I swear I can almost smell the partially-burnt aviation fuel & exhaust from here...very neat video & an awesome project! Thanks for posting this! :)

[TGU757]

There is nothing like the DC-7 engine sounds, I still remember when I was a child and flew on TAN Airlines, Even remember when we were landing in MIA at nightime, the engine cylinders were glowing red hot.I sure will be happy to see her fly, Good luck you guys.

Rolando

[doc2usmc]

As a child I used to save my paper route money and fly to various destinations on the east coast served by EAL. During the course of 6 years I flew on every type Eastern flew; Martin 404, 1049 Constellation and the Douglas Commercials and loved them all. Went on to get my commercial license and more than a few type ratings but even this didn't compare with the thrill of wide eyed wonder I found as a passenger on Eastern's beautiful fleet. Looking forward to seeing the -7B if I can.