You can land gear up and not have to replace the props in a C47, if you do it exactly right. But I still would have traded.my AC47 for this machine when I was working targets in Nam.
Written on 2021年11月28日 by Earl Kramer
Arriving from Burbank (KBUR).
Written on 2021年11月28日 by Gary Schenauer
That looks more like an Arrow than a Dakota.
Written on 2021年11月28日 by Michael Gower
White tubes on the skids would be "pop out" floats i believe
Written on 2021年11月28日 by Ron Fletcher
Thank you Derek !!
Written on 2021年11月28日 by JM32
Killer shot John
Written on 2021年11月28日 by Derek Marshall
Thanks, that photo was taken on a chilly day about 2 weeks ago.
Written on 2021年11月28日 by c130aj
VA-144 A4C BuNo 149532 operating as War Paint 312 was upgraded to an A4L, refurbished by the Naval Air Museum, and is on loan to the Castle Air Museum in California in the markings of VA-204. In the 1966-67 deployment cruise book for USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 VA-144 made all their personnel pictures in front of 149532.
Written on 2021年11月28日 by Don Fitzgerald
😁😁 Good photo taken with rich colors too!
Written on 2021年11月28日 by xrecovery xrecovery
I know biz
Written on 2021年11月28日 by Jeong Hyun Baek
Good Camera anyway, nice detail
Written on 2021年11月28日 by William Crooker
Not a 747-200. Photo doesn’t look real
Written on 2021年11月28日 by bizprop
Looks like this might have been one of Buffalo Airways Lockheed’s L-188 aircraft. Based in Yellowknife Northwest Territories Canada. They had a TV show called Ice Pilots NWT. Joe McBryan was President of the company. The TV show was showing the everyday operations of the company and how hard it was to operate in the very cold conditions in the NWT of Canada. They also operated the Canadair CL-215 Water bomber aka (Scooper). This was a great show to watch. Because they operated Vintage aircraft such as DC-3’s – Douglas C-54’s /DC-4 – Curtis Wright C-46 Commando – and a Canso PBY-5. All great aircraft of its time.
Written on 2021年11月28日 by William Johnson
Severebluesky, thank you for the correction.
Written on 2021年11月28日 by Nelson Rodrigues
thank you very much Chris Croft, i was lucky to catch some excellent sunset light.
Written on 2021年11月28日 by Nelson Rodrigues
Thank you Kevin LaVasseur.
Written on 2021年11月28日 by Nelson Rodrigues
Thank you all for your kind words. It's harder for me to take pictures at night of dark planes than light planes, without tripod and hanging behind a grid. But I think it worked out well. Thank you.
Written on 2021年11月28日 by Nelson Rodrigues
I wish we would have had these in Nam. Although the A-1 wasn't bad.
Written on 2021年11月28日 by Bob Edwards
Souvenir de notre retour JFK/CDG Mai 2017.
Written on 2021年11月27日 by Sylvain HUBERT
Très bel oiseau, dommage qu'il n'est plus.
One of the nicest passenger jetsbI ever flew on.
Written on 2021年11月27日 by k skaas
Nice plane if you don’t
Written on 2021年11月27日 by k skaas
Amin’s your teeth rattling from the vibrations. Hope those still around have no live passengers,
These things are usually back in the air roughly 20 minutes after touchdown from the previous mission. That includes taxiing and refilling, and usually the tank is filled in roughly 12 minutes. It is a lot slower pumping retardant through hoses into a tanker than scooping it through a lake like a CL-415 would. (This is info I got from the crews of T02 and from my experience watching tankers in and out of my local airport.
Written on 2021年11月27日 by Conner Rocha
Flying on the Eastern Airlines Shuttle between New York and Boston in the 60s was interesting, especially when the stewardess rolled the cash register down the aisle to collect the fares in flight.
Written on 2021年11月27日 by Ned Griffin
Cousins! ;)
Written on 2021年11月27日 by HowSwedeitis
Made in 1994 for EVA Airways.
Written on 2021年11月27日 by HowSwedeitis
Great photo!
WOW! This photo looks like the kind that would be blown up and framed at UPS headquarters! :) Great capture!
Written on 2021年11月27日 by HowSwedeitis
I love the 737 "finch-beak" :)
Written on 2021年11月27日 by HowSwedeitis
Built in 1978 for PanAm! It is now used for research purposes at the FAA.
Written on 2021年11月27日 by HowSwedeitis
thank you Dicky, will do my best!!
Written on 2021年11月27日 by Uwe Zinke
Blast from the past! The old girl has been mothballed since '14 :(
Written on 2021年11月27日 by HowSwedeitis
Here's a great video of this aircraft (in Delta livery) landing at Nagoya on one of its last service flights: https://youtu.be/mBMk_4ckrmk
Beautiful Arizona sky!
Written on 2021年11月27日 by HowSwedeitis
Not many of these Baby-Boeings left in Alaska's fleet!
Written on 2021年11月27日 by HowSwedeitis
Love the Delta 17s!
Written on 2021年11月27日 by HowSwedeitis
Is this cheating? ;) Cool photo!
Written on 2021年11月27日 by HowSwedeitis
Such a fun airplane! I've had the thrill of riding co-pilot. True aviator skill on full display!
Written on 2021年11月27日 by HowSwedeitis
The old girl is currently being stored; hopefully she'll fly again one day!
Written on 2021年11月27日 by HowSwedeitis
-S L E E K- !
Written on 2021年11月27日 by HowSwedeitis
The use of the "O" in the Volaris title to highlight the Ghostbuster symbol is quite ingenious.
Written on 2021年11月27日 by Gary Schenauer
It is great to see #08 (N926TA) back in service. It was substantially damaged in a landing accident at KRTS (Reno Stead Airport) in August of 2020.
Written on 2021年11月27日 by Gary Schenauer
Still remember this plane as I flew a Braniff Electra to Air Force Basic Training at what was then Lackland Air Force Base. Flying to USAF basic training was not a flight one forgets.
Written on 2021年11月27日 by Jerry Madero
Only 20 were built according to….
Written on 2021年11月27日 by Peter Fuller
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Australia_DHA-3_Drover
Specs for Gipsy-engined version….
http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/acdata_php/acdata_dha_dha3_en.php
Looks like Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s airplane.
Written on 2021年11月27日 by John Gleske
Back in the early to mid-80's working as a salesman for Mercury Aviation at Cuyahoga County Airport (CGF) in Ohio. I took Island Airlines Ford Trimotor aka (Tin Goose) based at Griffing Sandusky Airport Ohio in trade for a new Cessna 303 Crusader. Island Airlines had used the aircraft for Island hopping on Lake Erie. We had sold the Trimotor to a customer in Newark Ohio where he gave passenger rides. Then he moved it to Florida where he continued to give rides. If my memory serves me right a heavy Thunderstorm came along and did some serious damage where it had to be rebuilt for the second time. I did have a chance to fly it from the co-pilots seat when we took it in trade. What a great old aircraft. It had Wicker chairs old velvet cloth interior. A true passenger aircraft of its day. What a great day that was to have had a chance to fly this old Bird.
Written on 2021年11月27日 by William Johnson
Hi , good luck 👍
Written on 2021年11月27日 by Hanine Lalaoui
Hi , good luck 👍
Written on 2021年11月27日 by Hanine Lalaoui
That's a lot of prop for a little itty bitty airplane!
Written on 2021年11月27日 by themold
There is no successor for exceptionally good planes. They may be better but generally are worse.
Written on 2021年11月27日 by Tomer Ariav
@chugheset ...those "tubes" look like inflatables to me...maybe emergency water landing?
Written on 2021年11月27日 by Jay Powell
Fantastic airplane... it still have years ahead before getting a successor.
Written on 2021年11月27日 by serge LOTH
