[Red Badger]

Saw a show on tv about them. They are a really rare aircraft now, as parts are no longer available to keep them flying.

I don’t know why they cannot make new ones they worked so well. Just add modern technology and you have perfect firefighting machines..................

[rlmorel]

They ARE magnificent machines, aren't they? Hard not to admire them.

I have always been a huge fan of DC-3s...just a beautiful machine, tough, reliable, can stay in the air consistently, easy to maintain, wonderful to fly, and can land nearly anywhere there is a flat spot.

I was on Cape Cod a few years back, and heard the unmistakable sound of reciprocating engines. Then this flew over my head...

When my wife and I left the house we were at and drove down the road, a mile or two away, I came across these in a field. A big, grass field:

It was all I could do not to walk around them, and I kept a respectful distance!

But these things are still being flown, even this example below where they retrofitted that fabulous and rugged airframe with turboprop engines!