Snautzer01
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DC3 / C47 photo thread
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Snautzer01
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- 38,142
- Mar 26, 2007
Snautzer01
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- Mar 26, 2007
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Nice one! The previous shots of the roller racks for para dropping supplies were interesting too. Must have got some rapid 'sticks' in with those.
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Good stuff!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Great pics Gary. Sad to see some of them rotting away like that. I wonder how many hours, and miles, they have collectively covered? I bet there's some history sitting in that little collection of metal!
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Nice shots!
Pong
Staff Sergeant
I just remembered, aren't fuselages of DC-3s being turned into those ugly 'Planeboats'? Why are people turning these flying machines into floating vessels? 
Anyway, great shots of the Gooney Bird, for me the most beautiful twin engine passenger/cargo plane ever built.
Anyway, great shots of the Gooney Bird, for me the most beautiful twin engine passenger/cargo plane ever built.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Beaut shots Gary.
coastdef
Airman
Here are a few pictures of a C-47 owned by the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team in Oklahoma.
Regards,
Andy
Regards,
Andy
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Very nice work Andy!!
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Some planes have timeless beauty, this is one of them. Great pics fellas!
Nice shots! Liking that second one
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Great pics, and the second one looks like an 'exit' shot. I notice the static line/bag is slightly shorter than that used in WW2, or is it a lack of strop extension?
coastdef
Airman
The line is shorter; the deployment system we use has a pilot chute assist to get more clearance from the tail of the aircraft rather than using a longer line.
Here is a video from a camera mounted in front of the door showing the parachute deployment:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig3ZyJK6YhA
The second one does look like an exit shot, but it's just a unique angle from the chase plane.
Regards,
Andy
Here is a video from a camera mounted in front of the door showing the parachute deployment:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig3ZyJK6YhA
The second one does look like an exit shot, but it's just a unique angle from the chase plane.
Regards,
Andy
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Thanks for the explanation Andy, and a great video. Wish I could come and do a couple of jumps with you, but, alas, I'm now riddled with Rheumatoid Arthritis, so no more getting my 'knees in the breeze'.
Johnny Signor
Airman 1st Class
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- Jan 5, 2008
Are there any C-47 historians out there that can Please help me with a C-47 unit emblem ??????
I have seen a photo of a damaged C-47 of WW-2 ,it had part of it's upper fuselage taken out by a proppellor of another C-47 above it , they were on a night training mission out of a Texas air base dirung the war and the C-47 inadvertantly nosed up into the prop of fellow C-47, What I am seriously trying to find out is the unit Group/Squadron this C-47 was with at the time.
It has a emblem on it's feuselage upper portion just past cockpit area of a Running American Indian wearing feather headband and breeches, mocassins and holding a tomahawk in raised arm, if anyone can shed some light as to the base/aicraft's unit and colors/ID of the emblem carried PLEASE contact me, thank you VERY much !!!!!!!
Johnny
[email protected]
I have seen a photo of a damaged C-47 of WW-2 ,it had part of it's upper fuselage taken out by a proppellor of another C-47 above it , they were on a night training mission out of a Texas air base dirung the war and the C-47 inadvertantly nosed up into the prop of fellow C-47, What I am seriously trying to find out is the unit Group/Squadron this C-47 was with at the time.
It has a emblem on it's feuselage upper portion just past cockpit area of a Running American Indian wearing feather headband and breeches, mocassins and holding a tomahawk in raised arm, if anyone can shed some light as to the base/aicraft's unit and colors/ID of the emblem carried PLEASE contact me, thank you VERY much !!!!!!!
Johnny
[email protected]
