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Level42:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on October 31, 2007, 01:49:25 am ---oh, and see that little dome on the top, just behind the aerials? i saw that on a super constellation i was lucky enough to climb on board once. it was used for celestial navigation, sextant and all!

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Thanks :)
Haha, yeah, it was funny, in the documentary you can see that the pilot (Frank Lane, an American pilot who clearly has flown Conny's when they were new  :applaud:) uses a portable navigation system during the crossing from the US to Holland ! Things have changed a bit :)

DrumAnBass: Yeah, the DC-3 is another favorite, I love the sound :) Still, it's just a little more common then the Conny IMHO... I love the paint scheme's of that time, that one is pretty simular to the KLM paint scheme on the Conny...

Ever seen a full orange DC-3 ?


http://www.dutch-aviation.nl/index3/1919-1939/index3-1939.html

Not a gimmick. In 1939 Holland was still "neutral" and German planes had shot at some KLM aircraft thinking it were military planes. So they painted them completely orange and in very large letters Holland  on them to prevent this from happening again....which didn't last very long of course....

DrumAnBass:
Yah that Conny is sweet - and you are right - very rare. Love the cockpit design.

DC-3's are quite common, I just like that pic I snapped with the light on the aluminum and thought I would share it.   My father in-law is a pilot and he had to belly land a DC-3 when the landing gear wouldn't extend. The props schredded on impact and a chunk of prop almost took his leg off. Took 6 mos. of recovery but he was fine.

boykster:
If you're ever in the DC area, go here:

http://www.nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy/

Very cool place.....

2600:

--- Quote from: boykster on October 31, 2007, 03:46:37 pm ---If you're ever in the DC area, go here:

http://www.nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy/

Very cool place.....

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Just be aware that the new Air and Space Museum extension is about 20 miles outside of DC.

skippy:

--- Quote from: boykster on October 31, 2007, 03:46:37 pm ---If you're ever in the DC area, go here:

http://www.nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy/

Very cool place.....

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Great place.  I really like the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Oh.  It's a personal favorite.  I try to go at least once a year, amazing collection.

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/

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