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AVIATION PING!.....................
2 posted on
10/25/2023 1:11:54 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Probably the greatest aircraft design ever.
3 posted on
10/25/2023 1:12:33 PM PDT by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: Red Badger
Last time I flew in one was on Texas International Airlines from Texarakana to Dallas and back in 1975, 48 years ago.
To: Red Badger
The Lyon Museum in Santa Ana, CA has a couple of them still in service. They're called the Orange County Express.
6 posted on
10/25/2023 1:17:58 PM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(The Truth is like a lion. You don't need to defend it. Let it loose and it will defend itself.)
To: Red Badger
Was one used for the sound of the plane flying in Airplane?
7 posted on
10/25/2023 1:18:33 PM PDT by
frank ballenger
(“My job is to inform, not to convince.” St. Bernadette Soubirous )
To: Red Badger
They started building B-52s five years after the last DC3s were produced. That’s the plane that amazes me.
8 posted on
10/25/2023 1:19:29 PM PDT by
hardspunned
(Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
To: Red Badger
We think of it as a lumbering slow plane. But when introduced, it was the epitome of sleek and comfort. For a different perspective on it, watch the old movie “Island in the Sky” with John Wayne.
There are a lot of aerial scenes and some great photography.
Many of the scenes are filmed low over the mountains and you get a whole other look at it zipping along relative to the ground, raising quickly to avoid mountain ridges, and other maneuvering.
9 posted on
10/25/2023 1:20:38 PM PDT by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: Red Badger
Basler Turbo Conversions is still modifying them into BT-67s; lengthening and strengthening the fuselage, installing turboprop engines, upgrading the avionics, and modifying parts of the wings.
To: Red Badger
"86 years"
To: Red Badger
I was on Cape Cod two years ago, and I heard the unmistakeable sound of a big reciprocating engine...I began searching the sky, and this flew over:
I followed the sound of it as best I could, and damned if the thing didn't land just a few miles from where I was. I pulled off the road, and in this large grass pasture area, this is what I saw:
I walked up, walked around them (without getting too close-didn't want to bug out the owners) and they were just gorgeous!
They have even retrofitted some of these with turboprops-they could probably fly for another 100 years!
I know that the Provincetown-Boston Airline (PBA) flew these for many years, but don't think they do anymore.
13 posted on
10/25/2023 1:26:11 PM PDT by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: Red Badger
Watching the Weather Channel, it’ll sometimes air episodes of northern Canadian pilots still flying the old birds. Really remarkable machines.
16 posted on
10/25/2023 1:31:23 PM PDT by
Montana_Sam
(Truth lives.)
To: Red Badger
In the movie, Major League, IIRC they wound up with a DC-3 as their team plane.
17 posted on
10/25/2023 1:34:00 PM PDT by
Montana_Sam
(Truth lives.)
To: Red Badger
We had a C-47 at McEntire ANG Base, SC. I got a free ride from Texas (boot camp) back to my home base. Well, almost free. We flew through quite a thunderstorm!
To: Red Badger
Perfectly aerodynamic for its airspeed. I saw a show in the 80s that said there are DC3s with over 200,000 air miles. No sign of stress fracturing anywhere. Perfect for short rough runways.
21 posted on
10/25/2023 1:41:52 PM PDT by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Red Badger
The plane in the pic is named "Flagship: District of Columbia." That was back in an era when people actually thought somewhat highly of the District of Criminals.
Would ANY airline name its flagship that today? Now it's...
22 posted on
10/25/2023 1:48:27 PM PDT by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: Red Badger
I jumped out of a C47 at Fort Benning during jump school. It was going so slow that it was almost as easy as jumping out of a helicopter.
24 posted on
10/25/2023 1:50:25 PM PDT by
fini
To: Red Badger
When I got to Vietnam in 1966, the C-47 was used as Puff the Magic Dragon gunships. We saw them fairly often. The tracers made quite a light show, but I remember the sound just as much. It was like one long and loud fart. Everyone tried to imitate it. We were starved for entertainment, I guess.
26 posted on
10/25/2023 1:51:15 PM PDT by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: Red Badger
Great aircraft. Parachute Drop Zones across the country have used them for jump operations for years. I have hundreds of skydives from them.
31 posted on
10/25/2023 1:55:40 PM PDT by
grayeagle
(I miss Rush)
To: Red Badger
Beautiful airplane...
32 posted on
10/25/2023 1:56:07 PM PDT by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: Red Badger
They should never have stopped building them. It might be the perfect plane.
33 posted on
10/25/2023 1:58:17 PM PDT by
freedomjusticeruleoflaw
(Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
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