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To: DFG

called the “flying coffin” - I was a passenger several times flying into Korea, 52’-’53. They claim if power is lost in one engine, the other cannot keep her up.


18 posted on 12/10/2023 10:57:28 AM PST by elpadre
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To: elpadre

I remember my father telling me when I was a kid. “I was in Kunming when the Burma road opened. Every single Studebaker truck was being towed by a GMC. I was never a Studebaker fan again.”


22 posted on 12/10/2023 11:23:30 AM PST by JVahey
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There is at least one still in service, based in Fairbanks, AK. My son-in law works on this one:
https://evertsair.com/about/our-fleet/curtiss-wright-c-46


37 posted on 12/10/2023 3:47:57 PM PST by Sicvee (Sicvee)
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