DC-3

[Scutter01]

The Douglas DC-3 is a beautiful aircraft. There. I said it.

 

[rockhopper46038]

One of the finest aircraft ever built. Close up there to the B-52.

 

[mrjarrell]

I find nothing to disagree with. They were a great plane and a real workhorse, that could go darned near anyplace on the planet. That's why they were still fairly common in the 3rd world up through the 70's. Would have been cool to fly in them during their heyday. Only thing cooler would have been to fly in the old Pan Am Clippers.

 

[Tactical Dave]

There is at least one if not a few air freight companies still flying them if I remember right.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Oh there are still a few hundred in service, which is awesome since they stopped making them in 1945.

 

[lrahm]

A real work horse.

 

[femurphy77]

The Douglas DC-3 is a beautiful aircraft. There. I said it.

You've been hiding in the closet all this time over something this










Obvious!~?

 

[elpenguin0717]

I'm more of a p52 guy......

 

[jetmechG550]

Catalina Airlines or something like that still flies them. They operate out of Long Beach and fly out to Catalina Island. I don't recall how often they make the run but it's pretty cool to see them sitting there when I am working out there.

 

[a.bentonab]

I'd take one.

 

[Dead Duck]

You can own one even if your not a pilot. More HERE.

 

[tgallmey]

 

[Stschil]

Love the old DC-3's!! Next up, the Lockheed Constellation

And Eisenhower's "Columbine"

 

[GunSlinger]

I sure wouldn't kick one out of my hanger for leaking a few drops of AVGAS. Love that bird and the Super Connie as well.

 

[Compatriot G]

One of the missionaries my church supports still uses DC-3/C-47. I believe he has 4 of them. Two of them have been retrofitted with turboprop engines. The other two still use the original radial engines. He flies into Haiti and other points in the Caribbean bringing supplies for other missionaries. When the earthquake struck Haiti, he was one of the first planes in bringing relief supplies. He said all four of his planes were actually C-47's. I believe he said they were manufactured in 1944 and 1945.

 

[Tactical Dave]

I sure wouldn't kick one out of my hanger for leaking a few drops of AVGAS. Love that bird and the Super Connie as well.

You know what they say about a radial that is not leaking fluids.....

 

[jetmechG550]

I sure wouldn't kick one out of my hanger for leaking a few drops of AVGAS. Love that bird and the Super Connie as well.

A hangEr is for clothes, a hangAr is for airplanes

 

[mrortega]

The DC 3 is beautiful but looking at one brings back memories of the tragic crash that killed the entire University of Evansville basketball team, coaches and long time media people on December 13, '77. I believe they ruled the cause as being the crew forgot to remove clips that held the flaps rigid so they wouldn't be damaged by wind on the ground. Take off with them not deployed doomed the ship and they couldn't get the lift they needed at take off speed. As they were coming around to attempt an emergency landing they fell short into wooded ravine. Sorry to rain on an otherwise great thread.

 

[Stubbleducker]

coolest DC-3 I ever saw was one on floats in Anchorage about 20 years ago.

 

[femurphy77]

I saw a 'Connie in Topeka I believe it was, at a museum at the airport. It was one of the earliest AWACS planes. It still had all of it's surveillance gear in it and they would let you crawl all over that thing. Way cool!! Loves me some of them radial engines!!!!