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End of an Era for an Iconic Aircraft

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Saw this a few minutes ago and thought to share it:

 

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A very interesting video, Fr. Bill. Very dramatic.

17 of them (wikipedia) still fly freight in Columbia, mostly in out of the way places, like the Amazon.

 

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8 hours ago, Fielder said:

17 of them (wikipedia) still fly freight in Columbia, mostly in out of the way places, like the Amazon.

I thought there were more. That doesn't include the Baslers the Colombian Air Force and Colombian Police (it's Colombia, not Columbia) use, right?

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Can't beat the Second Law of Thermodynamics...

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I think you must be right that there are more agencies using the DC-3 in Colombia. There's over a hundred and fifty still flying regularly in the world. It stands a great chance of being in service for a hundred years.

The plane turned out to be more rugged then Douglas thought and they way over produced spare parts. And lots of them are still unused, stacked in warehouses, begging for buyers.

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