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Well, it's that time of year again. Most people in Minnesota take a winter vacation and go somewhere warm. Not ME, I go even further north, where it's usually colder, windier, and nastier for my vacation. Off tomorrow for 4 days of fishing through a couple holes drilled in the ice.
 
Out walking the dog in the late afternoon yesterday. Heard the distinctive rumble of radial engines, not unusual since there are three Waco UPF-7's at the nearby airport. But I looked up and saw it was a C-47 in D-Day markings!
 
Well, it's that time of year again. Most people in Minnesota take a winter vacation and go somewhere warm. Not ME, I go even further north, where it's usually colder, windier, and nastier for my vacation. Off tomorrow for 4 days of fishing through a couple holes drilled in the ice.
How could does it get in International Falls in February? About as cold as a brass toilet seat in Thief River Falls in February.
 
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Out walking the dog in the late afternoon yesterday. Heard the distinctive rumble of radial engines, not unusual since there are three Waco UPF-7's at the nearby airport. But I looked up and saw it was a C-47 in D-Day markings!

I get to hear those C-47 radials just about every day. We have 3 of them based at the airfield I work out of.
 
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You lucky dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two of them have radial engines, but the 3rd actually has the Basler Turboprop conversion. They also have a DC-4, but I have never seen it fly since moving down here.

In fact here is the Turbo Prop powered one yesterday taxiing out for takeoff.

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Here is one of the radial engined ones taking off a few weeks ago.

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