You will be sucked into the vortex of DC-3 stories. There is no escape. I challenge you to read only one.
http://www.centercomp.com/dc3/stories_index.htm
My personal favorite so far is probably "Classified DC-3 Pucker Gauge".
DC-3 stories
Fri Sep 10, 2010 1:51 pm
Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:53 pm
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I challenge you to read only one.
You win.
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Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:52 pm
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Bookmarked and agreed. What a huge site dedicated to this bird!
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Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:40 pm
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When I was five years old (1950) my mom, older brother and I flew from Lockheed Air Terminal (Burbank CA) to Lethbridge, Alberta Canada in a Western Airlines DC3. What an adventure.
The stews were really good looking. We msut have made five or six stops. Dad drove up later to pick us up in a 1948 Mercury
Tim
The stews were really good looking. We msut have made five or six stops. Dad drove up later to pick us up in a 1948 Mercury
Tim
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Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:34 pm
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Remember the TV ads? "Western Airlines....the only way to fly".
That got me to thinking... I just dug around & found an old deck of Western Airlines complimentary playing cards with that parrot leaning back on a pillow against the vertical stabilizer of a Western jet, smoking a cigarette, with "the only way to fly" in a word balloon. Not quite back in the DC3 day, but back to the late 60's or early 70's anyway.
The back of the box of playing cards has a map showing all of Western's routes. Cool.
That got me to thinking... I just dug around & found an old deck of Western Airlines complimentary playing cards with that parrot leaning back on a pillow against the vertical stabilizer of a Western jet, smoking a cigarette, with "the only way to fly" in a word balloon. Not quite back in the DC3 day, but back to the late 60's or early 70's anyway.
The back of the box of playing cards has a map showing all of Western's routes. Cool.
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Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:31 am
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hotrod150 wrote:Remember the TV ads? "Western Airlines....the only way to fly".
That got me to thinking... I just dug around & found an old deck of Western Airlines complimentary playing cards with that parrot leaning back on a pillow against the vertical stabilizer of a Western jet, smoking a cigarette, with "the only way to fly" in a word balloon. Not quite back in the DC3 day, but back to the late 60's or early 70's anyway.
The back of the box of playing cards has a map showing all of Western's routes. Cool.
Was thinking of the same add.
That was when you wore you Sunday best to fly. Men and women with hats, not ball caps.Tim
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Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:37 am
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Not a DC3 but it's the only Western picture I have.
John
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Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:42 am
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Ahhh...
...those were the days: when there was distintion among airlines and airliners. Western/Eastern/Northwest/PanAm/TWA/Braniff/NorthEast/National/Air West/Frontier(original)/Southern/Mohawk/Allegheny/Piedmont/Ozark/Lake Central/North Central/TransTexas/Central/PSA/Air California/Bonanza/West Coast/Pacific/Republic/Capitol/TransAmerican/World Airways/Seaboard World/Flying Tigers/Saturn/Uiversal/Zantop/America West and more...all gone....along with their individual character and regional flavor. Replaced by boring, common carriers, without history and soul..... like Southwest/Air Tran/JetBlue/Frontier(new)/Spirit etc. the few remaining Legacy carriers such as Delta/American/United have little to distinguish among themselves.
Love the DH-Heron in the foreground. A 4 engine mini-airliner The only "Heron' I ever flew in had the 4 piston engines replace by two Garrett Turboprops. Or was it a DH-Dove with turboprop engines. Should have kept a more accurate logbook.
Flew on the converted turboprop.....Apache Airlines. 1969 back in Arizona. From Ft. Huachuca to Pheonix. My spelling is awful. But I love airplanes!
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...those were the days: when there was distintion among airlines and airliners. Western/Eastern/Northwest/PanAm/TWA/Braniff/NorthEast/National/Air West/Frontier(original)/Southern/Mohawk/Allegheny/Piedmont/Ozark/Lake Central/North Central/TransTexas/Central/PSA/Air California/Bonanza/West Coast/Pacific/Republic/Capitol/TransAmerican/World Airways/Seaboard World/Flying Tigers/Saturn/Uiversal/Zantop/America West and more...all gone....along with their individual character and regional flavor. Replaced by boring, common carriers, without history and soul..... like Southwest/Air Tran/JetBlue/Frontier(new)/Spirit etc. the few remaining Legacy carriers such as Delta/American/United have little to distinguish among themselves.
Love the DH-Heron in the foreground. A 4 engine mini-airliner The only "Heron' I ever flew in had the 4 piston engines replace by two Garrett Turboprops. Or was it a DH-Dove with turboprop engines. Should have kept a more accurate logbook.
Flew on the converted turboprop.....Apache Airlines. 1969 back in Arizona. From Ft. Huachuca to Pheonix. My spelling is awful. But I love airplanes!
bob
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Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:12 am
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Bob, you are right on with your characterization of today's airline world.
Regarding the Heron I believe the company was called Saunders that put 2 turboprops on it. Swift Aire was interested in the conversion but they needed more seats and ended up with Nord 262's and towards the end new F27's.
Regarding the Heron I believe the company was called Saunders that put 2 turboprops on it. Swift Aire was interested in the conversion but they needed more seats and ended up with Nord 262's and towards the end new F27's.
John
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Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:39 am
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z3skybolt wrote:Ahhh...
...those were the days: when there was distintion among airlines and airliners. Western/Eastern/Northwest/PanAm/TWA/Braniff/NorthEast/National/Air West/Frontier(original)/Southern/Mohawk/Allegheny/Piedmont/Ozark/Lake Central/North Central/TransTexas/Central/PSA/Air California/Bonanza/West Coast/Pacific/Republic/Capitol/TransAmerican/World Airways/Seaboard World/Flying Tigers/Saturn/Uiversal/Zantop/America West and more...all gone....along with their individual character and regional flavor. Replaced by boring, common carriers, without history and soul..... like Southwest/Air Tran/JetBlue/Frontier(new)/Spirit etc. the few remaining Legacy carriers such as Delta/American/United have little to distinguish among themselves.
Love the DH-Heron in the foreground. A 4 engine mini-airliner The only "Heron' I ever flew in had the 4 piston engines replace by two Garrett Turboprops. Or was it a DH-Dove with turboprop engines. Should have kept a more accurate logbook.
Flew on the converted turboprop.....Apache Airlines. 1969 back in Arizona. From Ft. Huachuca to Pheonix. My spelling is awful. But I love airplanes!
bob
Thar sbeling is nit sa imbordand wen yar tolging to pilod peoble. They know what you mean...
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Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:37 pm
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I started flying 3's when I was nineteen-what a blast. In fact the guy that checked me out was just at
my house-35 years later. We had a few wild adventures back then,booze,chicks, and a couple engine failures.
my house-35 years later. We had a few wild adventures back then,booze,chicks, and a couple engine failures.
Sun Sep 12, 2010 11:07 am
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I flew as a passenger on a -3 out of Aspen colorado in the early 70s, I clearly remember watching the oil stream off of the back of the wing right outside my window. I had no idea then but I think we must have been close to the max performance of the machine because the mountain side climbed at about the same rate we did and the whole plane shuddered and shook all the way up to the ridge top.
I wish I had had more knowledge of flying then but it was just a cool way to get where I was going.
Of course there is the -3 used as a wind sock in Whitehorse YT, supposedly it will rotate in less than three knots of wind.
I wish I had had more knowledge of flying then but it was just a cool way to get where I was going.
Of course there is the -3 used as a wind sock in Whitehorse YT, supposedly it will rotate in less than three knots of wind.
Sun Sep 12, 2010 11:48 am
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Those who got to be a passenger on one in this country, consider yourselves lucky. It's not likely to happen again.
Years ago, I took a passenger ride on a DC-3 up in Alaska on ERA Aviation. One of the people working there told me they had to get rid of them after 9-11 because TSA regs required a locking door between the cockpit and main cabin, and the expense and paperwork to modify them wasn't cost effective!
Years ago, I took a passenger ride on a DC-3 up in Alaska on ERA Aviation. One of the people working there told me they had to get rid of them after 9-11 because TSA regs required a locking door between the cockpit and main cabin, and the expense and paperwork to modify them wasn't cost effective!
Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:36 pm
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qmdv wrote:When I was five years old (1950) my mom, older brother and I flew from Lockheed Air Terminal (Burbank CA) to Lethbridge, Alberta Canada in a Western Airlines DC3. What an adventure.
The stews were really good looking. We msut have made five or six stops. Dad drove up later to pick us up in a 1948 Mercury
Tim
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Western-Airlines/Douglas-DC-3A-197E/1757879/L/&sid=463a879731efc1a6fef28479c15c19cb
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Western-Airlines/Douglas-DC-3A-343B/0111758/L/&sid=463a879731efc1a6fef28479c15c19cb
Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:59 pm
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One of the finest machines built; great to fly.
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Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:36 am
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Great link - thanks for sharing
In New Zealand we used DC3's to topdress the hill country - 5 tonnes (or 7 Tonnes of lime). My father used to fly them when I was young. I remember going for rides in the weekends. All flown single pilot.
Brett
In New Zealand we used DC3's to topdress the hill country - 5 tonnes (or 7 Tonnes of lime). My father used to fly them when I was young. I remember going for rides in the weekends. All flown single pilot.
Brett
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Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:34 pm
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I had the pleasure of watching a "Puff" work out one night. 
It was amazing to watch. would not want to be under one 
http://www.dc3history.org/puffthemagicdragon.html
It was amazing to watch. would not want to be under one http://www.dc3history.org/puffthemagicdragon.html
Keep the shiney side up and the dirty side down...
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