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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.
![](https://daytrippen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lyon-air-museum-orange-county-california.jpg)
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"
![](https://fireaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tanker-54-PBY-6A-N6453C-Photo-by-JD-Davis-at-Chino-in-1969-2-768x461.jpg)
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:
![](https://www.dropbox.com/s/hsmms8h7vr7fz4c/DC3flyover.jpg?raw=1)
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:
![](https://www.dropbox.com/s/citaipshyent4wq/DC3capecod.jpg?raw=1)
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!
![](https://www.dropbox.com/s/vj46i7x9pjf8lkr/DC3turboprop.jpg?raw=1)
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...
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/politics-u-congress-motto-slogans-national_debts-rmon1993_low.jpg)
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...
![](
https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/3/piedmont-airlines-douglas-dc-3-in-the-clouds-erik-simonsen.jpg
)
![](
http://usairsoaringeagles.org/pictures/piedmont/DC-3_4.jpg
)
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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