Caldian
Loc: Crystal Lake, Michigan & traveling
Jolly Roger wrote:
Taken at Bournemouth Air Festival last weekend Aug. / Sept.
Aircraft displays the D. Day markings.
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Roger
You did it again Roger! Great shots! Took me back to my early years on the Wirral Peninsular in what was then Cheshire but is now part of Merseyside. I donβt know the airline but there was a regular air service between Speke airport in Liverpool and Northern Ireland using Dakotas and their engine noise was very specific. Used to be able to identify them just from that alone without seeing the actual plane. Not sure I could still do so! Thanks for the memories.
Nice. My father-in-law was a crew member on one of those in the CBI theater during WWII.
revhen
Loc: By the beautiful Hudson
American military C-47 = British military Dakota = civilian DC3. The true work workhorse of the skies. First came out about 1936. I flew in one in the middle west some 40+ years ago. Recently saw some in San Juan, Puerto Rico, STILL FLYING. A thrill to see. Got photos somewhere proving the point -- but you'll have to take my word for it.
Thank you for your service.
Richard Spencer wrote:
Great photos. Brings back good memories. I was an aircraft mechanic working on C-47's in 1943-44 getting them ready for D-Day.
Beard43
Loc: End of the Oregon Trail
Great series of a true workhorse of an aircraft.
Ron
The DC-3 or C-47 is one of the all time greatest airplane. To the best of my knowledge, none of them have ever crashed because of a structural frame failure.
...when he was alive and still flying, my dad, Capt. Cliff Groh, would talk endlessly about how good and stabile the C-47 was for him. He was an original AVG Flying Tiger, and when the US Army moved in to take over operations, he and a few other "Tigers" opted to not go back into the (US) service, instead flying "The Hump" for CNAC (Chinese National Aviation Corporation). The Hump was the route flown over the Himalayas to China from India...the old man had 475 missions. When I was in 'Nam he wrote once that CNAC was the beginnings of Air America...you can imagine some of the cargos those guys were carrying, lol...great set, BTW!
I was in one of those in the 50's when we had a fire on board and we all had to put on a parachute, the five of us never had a experience in jumping. There were a many nervous faces among us. Got the fire out and landed somewhere in Utah OK!
I rode aboard the civilian airliner version of this aircraft (The DC3) from home to my basic training at Fort Ord, Ca in 1964
They were built before "planned obsolescence" was a "thing."
What a glorious tribute. You have done a magnificent job πππ
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