October 28, 20241 yr Edited October 28, 20241 yr by charliearon embed video Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
October 28, 20241 yr I watched that video about a day or two after it was published. Many, many years ago, I read (somewhere) that the Wright (9 cyl) equipped DC-3's were (technically) single pilot, but, the upgraded P&W (14 cyl) required two pilots. (I never followed up investigating the regulations on that.) Obviously, all the commercial/civilian DC-3's were flown with two pilots. Yes, the video is obviously real...but, the source of information being Dan Gryder I am not sure I would take his word for it without secondary validation. Yes, I am aware that he is one of the few remaining DC-3 certification pilots (or was). I think this was his last flight in that aircraft before being auctioned off.
October 28, 20241 yr Thanks jcomm. I've got his channel bookmarked now. Several times I had to wonder if that wasn't a flight sim. I do love me some DC-3. I remember back in the early FSX days discovering how pleasant this aircraft was to fly. Starting with P3Dv2 this was one of my top three aircraft flown, after the Stearman and the Beaver. As for flying it single pilot, it wasn't as if the flight sims gave us a co-pilot for the DC-3. 😄 The A2A Stratocruiser and Connie had engineers at least. I remember reading where someone had to fly a Connie by himself to escape an approaching storm. Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
October 28, 20241 yr Beautiful video. Thanks! Cheers, Ed MSFS2020 Steam // Rig: Corsair Graphite 760T Full Tower - ASUS MBoard Maximus XII Hero Z490 - CPU Intel i9-10900K - 64GB RAM - MSI RTX2080 Super 8GB - [1xNVMe M.2 1TB + 1xNVMe M.2 2TB (Samsung)] + [1xSSD 1TB + 1xSSD 2TB (Crucial)] + [1xSSD 1TB (Samsung)] + 1 HDD Seagate 2TB + 1 HDD Seagate External 4TB - Monitor LG 29UC97C UWHD Curved - PSU Corsair RM1000x // Thrustmaster FCS & MS XBOX Controllers
October 28, 20241 yr He is just living the dream 😍 Matthew Kane I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me
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