Transports

[MP-Willow]

Plan_D, thanks 8)

But the aircraft had a lot of differnt designations. The C-53 Skytrooper was the troop transport. it had no reinforced floor or cargo doors.
Over all the plane is a great one, and one that I would love to see fly again.

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

What, the DC-3/C-47? Go to Mexico or somewhere in S. America, a lot of small airlines and militaries still use them as GP aircraft.

 

[MP-Willow]

True, but to see it fly is the States on a grular base. It would be great to restart the production maybe on a limited bit.

 

[Lightning Guy]

Good luck getting that to happen. I imagine the CAF probably has one still flying.

 

[plan_D]

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight has a C-47 flying.

 

[Lightning Guy]

The CAF does have a C-47 flying. It's part of the Great Lakes Wing which also features a Ju-52.

http://www.greatlakeswing.org/

 

[MP-Willow]

Thanks all I will have to look into it.

 

[luca servitto]

thats one COOL picture

 

[cheddar cheese]

sure is 8) do you think the pilot knows the rest of the airfield is on fire?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

wouldn't it be funny if the 52 went up in falmes .................

 

[MP-Willow]

NO!!

 

[Lightning Guy]

It's always a shame when one of the few warbirds left goes down. I found out just a couple of weeks ago that the CAF's He-111 has crashed.

 

[plan_D]

That happened in 2003, I believe. Get with the times. The last flying He-111 went down, killing the pilot if I remember correctly.

 

[Lightning Guy]

I know, but I only heard about it recently. It's pretty sad because I was able to tour that plane a few years ago.

 

[Stuka-99]

I'm 50-50 between C-47 and the Ju-52

 

[MP-Willow]

Stuka I like the picture in the sig. The Ju-52 was used for more things but the C-47 survived more maybe because it had more fighters to cover it?

As for the He 111 it was recovered but I talked with the CAF team and it will not be returning to the air, though it might be rebuilt to static, but that is a long shot.

I was reading on the bf 109 that some 34,000 were produced but only a few hundred survived the war

 

[cheddar cheese]

it is a great shame i would love to see so many planes flying, even if theyre only replicas. MC.202's, P.108's et al. but im going to a battle of britain memorial flight in a couple of weeks should be good 8)


also, looking at the poll ive just noticed that the Me-323 has more votes than the Horsa, the Horsa did actually have quite an impact 8)

 

[Lightning Guy]

People are voting based off of engines.

 

[cheddar cheese]

well if everythings about engines, surely the 323 should be winning, then the Ju-52, then the C-47 and then the Horsa?

 

[MP-Willow]

But the 323 was not even close to the operational use and impact of the Ju 53 or the glider.