January 19, 20188 yr I've been watching BBC's Blue Planet II and this evening they were showcasing Antarctica. I was somewhat surprised when I saw the instrumented aircraft they are using to measure ice thickness on the continent is a DC-3. A Basler turbo conversion, but an 80 year old DC-3 non-the-less. The old Gooney Bird has to be one of the most significant airplanes of all times. They were the foundation bricks for the bringing the airline industry out of diapers and into long pants. Trash haulers in WW2 and Korea and gunships in Vietnam. They're still flying in many parts of the world. When I got out of boot camp in San Diego in 1951 I flew home on leave to San Francisco in a United DC-3. And when I was in Thailand during the Vietnam War I got a ride in a gunship one night on mission against the Hi Chi Minh Trail in Laos. I truly cherish my MAAM DC-3 I've been flying in both FS9 and FSX since it came out. It's gotta be the Energizer Bunny of the aviation world. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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