.As most of you know my soul is embedded in these old birds since having crewed numerous converted AC tail numbers in SEA..All these restorations are a labor of love preserving our flying heritage for generations to come, a big salute to the hard working that participate.
You better be afraid of a ghost!!
"Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops
James Pepper: There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum? John Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there.
It looks great in the air! Since it's not pressurized, who knows how long it'll keep on flying? Spare parts should be the only limit, and I suspect that specialty mfg/3D printing will be the wave of the future once original parts are used up.
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In 1955 I was able to be snuck "spelling" on a Gooney Bird in Fairbanks, Alaska. My Dad was stationed at Ladd Air Force Base. He pulled a few strings and I was able to ride along on a flight after maintenance. I was also able to do that on a C-119 Flying Box Car. Quite a thrill for a 12 year old. Probably couldn't happen today.
All the old radial engined planes are great to fly in.
The most dangerous thing about the DC 3 is a bird attack ....... ...... ..... ....... ...... ... from the rear. ...... You don't land a DC3 ...........you just try to get it to stop flying.
I think I rode one of those from Sicily to Crete once in the mid-70s. Might have been another aircraft, but I'm pretty sure it was a C-47. The thing leaked oil and rattled like a soup can full of BBs, but it got us there. Those were the days.
Don't be the darkness.
America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.
When I was in elementary school in England the Catholic school I attended was close to a local airport, withn sight and sound of at least a couple of DC-3’s coming and going regularly. The roar of those twin radials was a familiar sound. I hadn’t realized until browsing just now that those aircraft were likely milsurp C-47’s.
Did they fly C-47’s across the Atlantic? Curious here how they plan to get that bird to Normandy next year.
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I think I rode one of those from Sicily to Crete once in the mid-70s. Might have been another aircraft, but I'm pretty sure it was a C-47. The thing leaked oil and rattled like a soup can full of BBs, but it got us there. Those were the days.
Same here. My ride was from Danang RVN to Udorn Thailand. I remember the pilot telling us it was OK to smoke, just use the butt kits and not to worry if they went out. We'd be flying @ 14,000 to avoid possible AA fire over Cambodia.
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