DC-3s still draw a number of admirers. We have one at the local airport
that was last used as a jump plane. After losing an engine, it was
deemed too expensive to repair. It is now parked proudly on the edge of
the pavement as a visitor attraction. Yesterday, I saw what appeared to
be a man and his daughter (or much younger girlfriend) land, park by the
Gooney Bird, and get out to examine the old timer. Even I had my photo
made in front of it. 8-)
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Jim+_amp_+DC-3+Sepia+2.jpg.html
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 3/17/2015 9:19 AM, Scott Gomez wrote:
I was told that escaping had been no problem at all. Definitely sad for the
old girl, though.
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 4:31 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I’m glad that they escaped, Scott. It was a bit sad for the DC-3, though.
Chris
On 17 Mar 15, at 02:21, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I used to rib a friend at work about his jumping out of perfectly good
aircraft. One Monday morning I arrived to find an 8x10 photo on my desk.
It
was the DC-3 they usually used for jumps--in flames on the runway. His
primary complaint about the incident was that it had caught fire at the
start of its take-off roll, and they hadn't got to bail out at altitude.
Instead they'd had to jump out and run away.
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:45 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:
ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Nicely done, Jim, of those aircraft. But I can’t understand why they
jump
out of perfectly serviceable aircraft ;-)
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