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Pix from Iowa City Fly-In & Flying in DC-3
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2005_sertoma_fly-in.htm
What a great day! (See if you can spot Jim & Tami Burns in the photos... :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Thanks for the pics! and thanks again for the great weekend!
Jim "Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com... http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2005_sertoma_fly-in.htm What a great day! (See if you can spot Jim & Tami Burns in the photos... :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Nice. I thought the DC-3 was the same as a C-47, however.
Did you get to fly it at all? Jay Honeck wrote: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2005_sertoma_fly-in.htm What a great day! (See if you can spot Jim & Tami Burns in the photos... :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Stubby wrote:
Nice. I thought the DC-3 was the same as a C-47, however. Nope. The C-47 was made by Douglas to the terms of the military contracts. There were numerous differences between the C-47 and the DC-3. The only ones I can remember off-hand is the fact that the C-47 had a reinforced floor and an oversized door. DC-3s could be "converted to the C-47 configuration" by removing the passenger seats and replacing them with rows of steel bucket seats, but the experienced observer could still tell them apart. George Patterson Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks. |
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Nice. I thought the DC-3 was the same as a C-47, however. Did you get to fly it at all? Nah, not this time. Last year (at the same event) we got some stick time in the MATS Connie (which someone told me is not on the airshow circuit anymore -- can anyone verify that?), but this year they had paying customers lined up to fly from the right seat... :-( -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Nah, not this time. Last year (at the same event) we got some stick time in the MATS Connie (which someone told me is not on the airshow circuit anymore -- can anyone verify that?), but this year they had paying customers lined up to fly from the right seat... As I recall, the SAC Connie out of Kansas City blew an engine sometime in the last month or two. They were soliciting donations for a rebuild. |
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As I recall, the SAC Connie out of Kansas City blew an engine sometime in the last month or two. They were soliciting donations for a rebuild. Yep that is correct, Details can be found he http://www.airlinehistorymuseum.com/ |
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"Stubby" wrote in message
... Nice. I thought the DC-3 was the same as a C-47, however. Except that according to it's history that is linked off Jay's site...it was a Navy R4D... Jay B |
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Great pictures Jay. You're not so bad with a camera.
DC3 is one of those airplanes that is timeless. Beautiful on the ramp and in the air. My first sight of a DC3 or the likes of it was in Laos. I must have been about three or four. It was one of the Air America ones. Yep, they had those too, not just porters and helios. Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone |
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DC3 is one of those airplanes that is timeless. Beautiful on the ramp
and in the air. Agreed. The DC-3 is just one of those planes that looks "right" to the eye. And it is amazingly quiet in the passenger compartment! We were able to converse in a normal speaking voice, which was quite surprising. And the leg-room! And the big windows! Man, the DC-3 proves that we have made ZERO progress in passenger amenities since the 1940s, that's for sure. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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