TEWKS Posted March 27, 2019 Posted March 27, 2019 The time tested workhorse of the sky. We were allowed very close access to this old relic up at the Greenville ME airport a few years ago. Pretty cool! 2
DaveCinNO Posted March 27, 2019 Posted March 27, 2019 Great timing for this post. I'm a member of the Big Easy Wing of the Commemorative Air Force and we're hosting the C-47 "That's All Brother" starting tomorrow for the weekend. It's on it's way to Normandy, FR for the 75th D-Day anniversary. Among other aircraft my dad has many hours flying USAF C-47s. Great plane. https://thatsallbrother.org 3
TEWKS Posted March 27, 2019 Author Posted March 27, 2019 ^ How cool is that! Yeah, love aircraft of all types, especially the older stuff.
TEWKS Posted March 27, 2019 Author Posted March 27, 2019 Back in the mid eighties we use to go snowmobiling up at Moosehead Lake and this plane was parked at Folsoms right on the lake. (floats were on it at the time) Now for a young man's imaginary story. It's a five hour drive up to Moosehead no matter how you drove, fast slow it didn't seem to change. We came up with this grand idea of buying that DC-3 and putting skis on it to fly the sleds up from Tewksbury in probably an hour. We figured we could land on the lake, unload the sleds and be off riding in under two. And, that was about as far as that ever went. Fun dreaming though. 1
RandyShields Posted March 27, 2019 Posted March 27, 2019 Love the DC 3. So historically significant. Never saw one before on floats. Tewks, if we ever get together, I need to tell you about my visits to Wright Patterson when it was a SAC base and they hosted open houses. Very cool airplanes at those events. 1
Rougarou Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 12 hours ago, TEWKS said: The time tested workhorse of the sky. Nah, the only workhorse of the sky,.......The C-130 I've been a happy passenger in the back of several of these over the years. 2
artig Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Air Chathams has a 1945 DC-3, and in conjunction with Classic Flyers in Tauranga they have scenic weekend flights during the summer months. It's finished for this season, but they expect to be back for next summer. I don't know if they still do the flights shown in this Youtube video. 1
TEWKS Posted March 28, 2019 Author Posted March 28, 2019 10 hours ago, Living the Dream said: Nah, the only workhorse of the sky,.......The C-130 I've been a happy passenger in the back of several of these over the years. I would assume, minus the "Jet Packs"? Yep, want to say the C-130 is the modern workhorse of the sky but 50 plus years in service. 1
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 41 minutes ago, TEWKS said: I would assume, minus the "Jet Packs"? Yep, want to say the C-130 is the modern workhorse of the sky but 50 plus years in service. It's a venerable design, but with a few upgrades they're still flying off of the assembly line, so to speak. 1
Rougarou Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 It's a multi-use bird, I got to tour the AC-130 when doing ops in Panama in '89. She's also a "single use bomber" 1
Marty Hill Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 I had some $ left on the GI Bill and did 8 hours in the DC3. Quite the bird! 1
DaveCinNO Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Our C-47 arrived an hour ago. Had a 99yr old vet who flew in one on D-Day with us to greet the crew and sit in the cockpit. Quite a moment. 1
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