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Speaking of the DC-3

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Great video! Seeing the a/c taxiing from the water and up onto the land, with all the people and cars around - wow, good pilot control there!

That's a Douglas DC-3-G202A, built 1943 as a Skytrooper. Wright R1820 engines. Great living history!

Thanks for posting!
 
Thanks Basil for that clip! They were toughest and most versatile aircraft ever made. They have been used in just about every aspect of aviation one could think of and as we just saw, some are still kicking! Flew from Havana Cuba to Gitmo in one, landed and dropped off mail in 3 different places. :cool:
 
"Douglas built them strong!"

The story of the "DC-2½"

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China National Airways, 1941. Notice anything unusual?

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Wing tips are not symmetrical?
 
Hint: read the article in the link.

Size matters.
 
In spring of 1973 I'd PCS'd to S.E.A. (specifically, Ubon, Thailand) as a USAF photojournalist. Had a "Little Card" authorizing me to hop rides on about anything going where I was assigned to go. But sometimes the only ride goin' my way was a C-47. They were called "Klong" airliners, regularly scheduled, travelling around the whole of Southeast Asia. Noisy, spartan craft, but always got me where I needed to be. My dad was wounded in early 1945 in West Germany and flown out across the Channel in a Goonie. They're still flying. Durn'd things just don't quit!
 
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