DC-3's Still going strong.

[Sandgroper]

Refurbished DC-3 transport aircraft are the planes of choice for Antarctic expeditioners.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-29/w ... dy/3799020

[ovenpaa]

I have wanted to fly in a Dakota all my life, I did get to stand quite near one at Duxford last year but that is about it.

[meles meles]

Some things are just right, first time around...

Viking Air of Canada are also putting the Otter and Twin Otter back into production for operators that need simple, rugged, go anywhere aircraft

www.vikingair.com

[Sandgroper]

Some things are just right, first time around...

True, very true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basler_BT-67



The closest I got to flying in a DC-3 was a DHC-4 Caribou - they were slow but fun! :lol:

I'm pretty sure they were the last piston engined aircraft use by the RAAF.

[Chuck]

I love aircraft stuff. DC3 - shows what happens when you keep it simple.

[Jenks]

I used to fly in a DC-3 from Bahrain to Das Island and back once a fortnight way back in the early seventies. Loved the aircraft.

Great series been on the Telly recently.





http://www.douglasdc3.com/buff/buffalo.htm


Jenks

[Scotsgun]

I've jumped from a DC3 twice. Not the best to jump from due to the configuration of the door and the tail.

[rufrdr]

There's enough of them here in the state that if one needs major work like both engines or a re-spar they are abandoned or stripped. I see the sometimes grinding by overhead. A friend got an original DST cheap because it needed an engine. The original DST fittings were stripped out but he was thinking about putting it back together. He uses it as a knock about carrier now, more as a hobby to pay for the gas and maintenance. Nothing like the sound of round engines!