Today I saw a real beauty

Sailor Steve · 09-20-08, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I have been in several on static display and would very much like to get a ride in one.

Neener neener:p . When I was 13 I joined the local Civil Air Patrol. They got us rides in all kinds of planes, including a C-47. Of course that was 45 years ago.

When my dad first went to work for United in 1952 he was a co-pilot on DC-3s flying up and down the California coast.

Platapus · 09-20-08, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I have been in several on static display and would very much like to get a ride in one.

Neener neener:p . When I was 13 I joined the local Civil Air Patrol. They got us rides in all kinds of planes, including a C-47. Of course that was 45 years ago.

You suck. I hate you.

Task Force · 09-20-08, 09:58 PM

Those dc-3 are realy nice planes, I fly them in FSX. Havent been able for the past fiew weeks because of my joystick craping out on me.

Those little smudges make it look like it is being shot at with Flak.

August · 09-21-08, 12:27 AM

I have a dream to static line jump from a CH-47 some day.

Biggles · 09-21-08, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

Those little smudges make it look like it is being shot at with Flak.

Indeed, I thought that myself:hmm: Well I guess that in Sweden we use old weapons againts old planes

Biggles · 06-08-12, 05:34 PM

Time to revive this ol' thread! Because I saw the ol' beauty again!

Gosh, she really is a sight to behold...one day I'll board one myself, I'm sure of it!

Sailor Steve · 09-21-08, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

You suck. I hate you.

I know. I hate me too. Maybe we can get together sometime and complain about me.

Falkirion · 06-08-12, 10:43 PM

I hear the DC-3 flying out of Essendon occasionally. They do twilight dinner flights from there. Beautiful aircraft regardless of how crappy your camera is at the time, those lines will always look beautiful.

Rockin Robbins · 06-09-12, 07:19 AM

Two of them are operational at the DeLand airport. These old beauties keep trucking on!

gimpy117 · 06-09-12, 12:34 PM

Honestly, The WORLD owes the DC-3 A lot. Lets face it, there are few aircraft that have saved whole countries, the DC-3 is one of them

I remember here In Kalamazoo at a Western football game I look up, and see an F4U Corsair flying over. It was nice seeing a prime example of whistling death

JU_88 · 06-09-12, 12:51 PM

Great photos and a great airplane, takes me back to a few years ago (2007 i think) I heard the most terrific din over the skies above my flat, the building was shaking!
I opened the back door just in time to see a Spitfire and Hurricane trailed by a Lancaster!
Turned out to be the VE day memorial flight. The best surprise airplane I sighting I can remember.

Mind you I spotted a civilian looking Russian Mi-17 over Hyde park in January, not sure what that was about! it was unmistakable though, the bloody thing looks like a house with rotor blades. Maybe Putin was in Town

Sailor Steve · 06-09-12, 04:00 PM

My dad started his airline career back in 1952, flying DC-3s up the California coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco, with several stops along the way.

I got to go for a ride in an Air National Guard C-47 in 1963. The Civil Air Patrol had a youth program. We got uniforms and occasional rides in different aircraft.

Herr-Berbunch · 06-09-12, 05:01 PM

BBMF is only 40 miles South from where I live, but we rarely see them around unless displaying in the area. However, I'm only a handful of miles from Humberside Airport where Eastern Airways provide the major servicing for the DC3, usually over the winter period. Then it becomes 'our' DC3 for a while.

Sailor Steve · 06-10-12, 12:11 AM

I didn't realize this was an 'old' thread. I just read page one and found out I said pretty much the same thing I did four years ago.

09-20-08, 09:58 PM	#3
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Those dc-3 are realy nice planes, I fly them in FSX. Havent been able for the past fiew weeks because of my joystick craping out on me. Those little smudges make it look like it is being shot at with Flak. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have a dream to static line jump from a CH-47 some day. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Time to revive this ol' thread! Because I saw the ol' beauty again! Gosh, she really is a sight to behold...one day I'll board one myself, I'm sure of it! __________________

06-09-12, 07:19 AM	#9
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Two of them are operational at the DeLand airport. These old beauties keep trucking on! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

06-09-12, 12:34 PM	#10
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	Honestly, The WORLD owes the DC-3 A lot. Lets face it, there are few aircraft that have saved whole countries, the DC-3 is one of them I remember here In Kalamazoo at a Western football game I look up, and see an F4U Corsair flying over. It was nice seeing a prime example of whistling death __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

06-08-12, 10:43 PM	#8
Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	I hear the DC-3 flying out of Essendon occasionally. They do twilight dinner flights from there. Beautiful aircraft regardless of how crappy your camera is at the time, those lines will always look beautiful.

06-09-12, 12:51 PM	#11
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,806 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Great photos and a great airplane, takes me back to a few years ago (2007 i think) I heard the most terrific din over the skies above my flat, the building was shaking! I opened the back door just in time to see a Spitfire and Hurricane trailed by a Lancaster! Turned out to be the VE day memorial flight. The best surprise airplane I sighting I can remember. Mind you I spotted a civilian looking Russian Mi-17 over Hyde park in January, not sure what that was about! it was unmistakable though, the bloody thing looks like a house with rotor blades. Maybe Putin was in Town

06-09-12, 04:00 PM	#12
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	My dad started his airline career back in 1952, flying DC-3s up the California coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco, with several stops along the way. I got to go for a ride in an Air National Guard C-47 in 1963. The Civil Air Patrol had a youth program. We got uniforms and occasional rides in different aircraft. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-09-12, 05:01 PM	#13
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	BBMF is only 40 miles South from where I live, but we rarely see them around unless displaying in the area. However, I'm only a handful of miles from Humberside Airport where Eastern Airways provide the major servicing for the DC3, usually over the winter period. Then it becomes 'our' DC3 for a while. __________________

06-10-12, 12:11 AM	#14
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I didn't realize this was an 'old' thread. I just read page one and found out I said pretty much the same thing I did four years ago. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo