This old girl turned up at the local airport yesterday, the story about it is here http://cqplanespotting.blogspot.com.au/ ... 48234.html
Arrived at local airport yesterday
Arrived at local airport yesterday
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Thanks for posting that Mike, them old DC3's were tough old gal's, and could get in and out of short fields pretty easy, had plenty of power hiding in the cowls too.
DA
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David and Charlie aka the shop monster
If life seems normal your not going fast enough" Mario Andrette
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They hope to have it all together and flying asap and will be giving rides, guess who'll be going for a fly .....my place is almost in direct line to the strip and a lot of old planes fly overhead http://www.caboolturewarplanemuseum.com/dallen wrote:Thanks for posting that Mike, them old DC3's were tough old gal's, and could get in and out of short fields pretty easy, had plenty of power hiding in the cowls too.
DA
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The warplane heritage museum here acquired this C-47 (military version of the DC-3) a few months ago. A WW2 veteran, still in flying condition, It had been in storage for a few years, it will be refurbished and re-painted in the colours it wore when it saw service with the Canadian forces over Arnhem. HERE's a fairly extensive write-up on the history of this particular aircraft.
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Love to go for a fly in the Lancaster that the warplane heritage museum hasRocco wrote:The warplane heritage museum here acquired this C-47 (military version of the DC-3) a few months ago. A WW2 veteran, still in flying condition, It had been in storage for a few years, it will be refurbished and re-painted in the colours it wore when it saw service with the Canadian forces over Arnhem. HERE's a fairly extension write-up on the history of this particular aircraft.
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If you're ever in my area, I know the right palms to grease (all above board of course) so there's a pretty good chance I could actually make that happen. Right now however, it's grounded as one of its engines is being overhauled in the U.K.mite5255 wrote:Love to go for a fly in the Lancaster that the warplane heritage museum has
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they flew a lot of the DC 3s up above the artic circle also as supply planes after the war until the Herc C-130 showed up with the same ability to take of and land on short dirt strips and could carry like 10 times more cargo.
my first ever plane ride was in a DC 3, you even ride in a DC 3 or C 130 military job you will never forget the sound. damn noisest planes around
DA
my first ever plane ride was in a DC 3, you even ride in a DC 3 or C 130 military job you will never forget the sound. damn noisest planes around
DA
David and Charlie aka the shop monster
If life seems normal your not going fast enough" Mario Andrette
If life seems normal your not going fast enough" Mario Andrette
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If I'm ever over that way Rocco I'll sure will be looking you up of cause it'll only be because your a fellow casterRocco wrote:If you're ever in my area, I know the right palms to grease (all above board of course) so there's a pretty good chance I could actually make that happen. Right now however, it's grounded as one of its engines is being overhauled in the U.K.mite5255 wrote:Love to go for a fly in the Lancaster that the warplane heritage museum has
Yep, been in a c130 and its a very cool, but as you say noisy experencedallen wrote:they flew a lot of the DC 3s up above the artic circle also as supply planes after the war until the Herc C-130 showed up with the same ability to take of and land on short dirt strips and could carry like 10 times more cargo.
my first ever plane ride was in a DC 3, you even ride in a DC 3 or C 130 military job you will never forget the sound. damn noisest planes around
DA
When life gets tough, remember: You were the strongest sperm
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My x brother-in-law was in Honduras for a while and he island hopped in a DC 3 or DC10 I can't remember which. He said he was never sure if they were going to make it. I think there maintenance was lacking.
We had a landing craft come though here on the Tennessee River. It was pretty neat. I missed it coming in because they came up river about 3 am. I did manage to catch the return trip and watched them enter the lock here at out little town. I couldn't hang around until it pulled out.
We had a landing craft come though here on the Tennessee River. It was pretty neat. I missed it coming in because they came up river about 3 am. I did manage to catch the return trip and watched them enter the lock here at out little town. I couldn't hang around until it pulled out.
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We had a DC-3 down here for years that flew over the 13,000 foot mountains to the city of Oaxaca. I took it a few times. One time one of the engines wouldn't start, so they wrapped a rope around the prop shaft and tied the other end to a pickup truck. You can imagine the rest.
Richard
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