Chantry Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 The Tico Belle was built in 1942 and will be flying supplies into the Bahamas Link: https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2019/09/06/wwii-tico-belle-takes-flight-brevards-bahamas-relief-missions-after-hurricane-dorian/2232953001/?fbclid=IwAR2UweqZVE2ZAdpE2CQ7R5Ec4FZwaaL-7JG4XyJdKueNcNfnO8Z2nRu3CaQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Wilson Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Love the DC-3's, the "Gooney Bird" was my favorite to skydive from. Loved those radial engines, the Harley Davidson of the skies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Keith ain't got a thing on Betty White! Those DC-3s are the Energizer Bunnies of the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Around 2200 hours a regular DC-3 fly's over my place West to East. Always know when it's coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D. Daily Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 The DC-3's airframe is well suited for how they are used. So much so that companies that refurbish them have bothered to go through the expensive process to get FAA certification for turbo-shaft engine repowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 DC3s will be flying when the last BUFF and the last Warthog have been retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: DC3s will be flying when the last BUFF and the last Warthog have been retired. In the year 2525? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 30 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: In the year 2525? Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Saw one belly down in Long Beach about 1978. Landing gear either malfunctioned or the crew did. I was working for McDonnell Douglas in Bldg 8 or 81 (My memory isn't what it used to be. Maybe it was never what it used to be, but....) and the plane smacked down less than 200 yards from the south end of the plant. They had it back in the air in just over a week. We were still making some parts for them back then, Had the dies and jigs and such so why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Watched a video about a company that refurbishes them with turboprops.The refurbishment is so complete you end up with a zero hours airframe!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Hangtree Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Keith Richards died years ago. They've just been dragging his corpse around for concerts and photo ops. So far, nobody has been able to tell the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 On 9/7/2019 at 6:35 PM, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: DC3s will be flying when the last BUFF and the last Warthog have been retired. That could be, but they're not throwing dirt on the 52's or the 130's yet. We may not live to see the end of the story! JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 On 9/7/2019 at 9:42 PM, Subdeacon Joe said: In the year 2525? 3535. In 2525, the BUFFs will be retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 The last time that I was in San Juan there was LOTS of 3's at the airport there. It looked like there was some type of salvage/rebuild operation. I don't know who owns the certificate now but I have read that there are "NEW," 0 time 3's being produced. Blackfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 2 hours ago, BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 said: The last time that I was in San Juan there was LOTS of 3's at the airport there. It looked like there was some type of salvage/rebuild operation. I don't know who owns the certificate now but I have read that there are "NEW," 0 time 3's being produced. Blackfoot There is an outfit in Wisconsin re-manufacturing DC-3/C-47's to a number of variants, adding turbo props and everything on the airframe is either new or verified to have zero fatigue damage/wear. https://www.baslerturbo.com/ DC-3/C-47's will continue to fly until either there is a dramatic and inexpensive break through in delivering things by air or the FAA and it's foreign counterparts ground them. IIRC The FAA did that with some Ford Tri-Motors that were still on active passenger & cargo runs somewhere in the Great Lakes. Despite no issues with safety the FAA strongly "encouraged" the airline to stop flying the Tri-Motors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 "While nations fall and men retire, And jets grow obsolete, The Gooney Bird flies on and on, At 11,000 feet! "They patch her up with masking tape,' With paper clips and strings, And still she flies, she never dies, Mathusalah with wings!" - Oscar Brand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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