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Speaking of old passenger planes ...
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The Big Reveal:
1. Douglas DC-3
2. Lockheed Constellation - probably a 1049
3. Convair 240
4. Douglas DC-4
5. Boeing 377 Stratocruiser -
6. Douglas DC-6
7. Martin 404
I've flown on the 240, 6, and 404. Always wished I could have experienced the 3, the Constellation, and the 377. DC-4 clue is that it had the round windows, while the 6 and 7 had square windows The fuselage of the 6 and 7 were nearly identical, so the clue there is that the 6's engines had 3 blade props, and the 7's engines had four bladed props.
I think the 377 was the "passenger" version of the B-29.
Here's the little known Douglas DC-4E:
Only one was built (1938),
1. Douglas DC-3
2. Lockheed Constellation - probably a 1049
3. Convair 240
4. Douglas DC-4
5. Boeing 377 Stratocruiser -
6. Douglas DC-6
7. Martin 404
I've flown on the 240, 6, and 404. Always wished I could have experienced the 3, the Constellation, and the 377. DC-4 clue is that it had the round windows, while the 6 and 7 had square windows The fuselage of the 6 and 7 were nearly identical, so the clue there is that the 6's engines had 3 blade props, and the 7's engines had four bladed props.
I think the 377 was the "passenger" version of the B-29.
Here's the little known Douglas DC-4E:
Only one was built (1938),
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From back in the day when people got dressed up,just like going to Walmart today.
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That was the very first airplane I ever flew on. Clarksburg WVa to Baltimore, MD on Allegheny Airlines DC-3. I was only about 10 years old at the time, but remember how much fun it was (and how incredibly loud). It was such a short trip I doubt we went above 12,000ft (I remember all the buildings looked close)
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My earliest flight was a Constellation. I remember little except my mother made us dress up (4 or 5 and in a business suit) and it was LOUD.
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Bob - lucky guy to experience the Constellation! I had to chuckle when you said "mother made us dress up". That's what just about everybody did when flying back in the 1950s and 1960s. On my first adventure in the air (American Airlines DC-6 and 7 in 1956), my brother and I wore "suits" with a clip on bowtie and a beanie with a button on the top. At altitude, the pilot invited the two of us into the cockpit so we could "fly the plane". He gave us junior pilot wings, which I still have.
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How cool is that!
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My first flight was in a helicopter from Concord to San Francisco to board a 707 to fly to Washington DC ti interview with ADM Rickover.
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Dad was surprised at how short he was. The Admiral's visit was to have a look at the materials and testing for the nuclear tubing going into Groton's boats. Dad said the guy was all business.
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My first military jump was from a C 119, all of my first 5 were at Ft. Benning. I jumped a DC 3 at Bragg (you need static line extenders due to the low tailplane) at the SF school house. The local Brown brothers would contract them for forest fires and to the SF schoolhouse for insertions into Robin Sage.