Our throw back prop aircraft MIA LAX (DC-3 Flagship Knoxville)
Nov 2, 2018, 6:57 am
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J Diver thanks for your memories. I wish I had been flying back in the golden days. Sure wifi and the ability to book your own flight details is nice. An experience that included being made special by flight crew as well as a level of sophistication (people not dressed like they are getting ready to do yard work) beats that. However, as I understand these props didn't take rough air very well and air sickness was fairly common.
Nov 2, 2018, 7:01 am
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J Diver thanks for your memories. I wish I had been flying back in the golden days. Sure wifi and the ability to book your own flight details is nice. An experience that included being made special by flight crew as well as a level of sophistication (people not dressed like they are getting ready to do yard work) beats that. However, as I understand these props didn't take rough air very well and air sickness was fairly common.
The "good old days" are good because we have a great ability to remember only the good stuff and conveniently forget all the bad stuff.
Nov 2, 2018, 7:23 am
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I'm not a big fan of cigarette smoke, hot wool suits, or six-stop "direct" flights, but I do enjoy the sound and feel of a prop. The occasional hop around the Mid-Atlantic in a PMUS Dash 8 was enough to scratch that itch for me, but alas that is no more.
Nov 2, 2018, 10:36 am
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My first airplane trip was from New York (LGA) to Los Angeles in 1951. We stopped in Chicago. It's almost as if I can still feel what it felt like. Beautiful weather all the way, moving to a new city where "there is jobs, and hope and sunshine" my mother told me. She was right!
Nov 2, 2018, 10:58 am
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My parents divorced when I was 2 years old (dad moved to Boston; mom stayed on Cape Cod), so I logged a lot of time on PBA DC-3s between the ages of 4 and 6 (no UM fuss back then) before they were phased out. I also liked PBA's Martin 4-0-4s and YS11s, and the Cessna 402s were cool because I got to sit in the copilot's seat.
Nov 2, 2018, 3:19 pm
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Nov 2, 2018, 3:55 pm
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Sorry...photo ended up in the wrong place...
Nov 2, 2018, 11:03 pm
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The indomitable Richard Branson’s Vintage Airways flew DC-3s between MCO and EYW in the 1990s. I was doing some work for Sony, NOAA in Tampa - St. Petersburg and a couple of others in Florida so I took a drive to MCO.
The lovely flight included vintage / Vintage uniforms, mascot dig greeting us on the apron, and the pilot came on the PA to announce the war (WW II) had been won and the Germans had capitulated, followed by a recording ofFDR’s Truman’s announcement, sounds and descriptions of the jubilation in the NYC streets. The few German passengers seemed a bit awkward.
The lovely flight included vintage / Vintage uniforms, mascot dig greeting us on the apron, and the pilot came on the PA to announce the war (WW II) had been won and the Germans had capitulated, followed by a recording of
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Nov 2, 2018, 11:17 pm
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An opportunity to view, occasionally to fly on, an AA DC-3-G102* can be had through the Flagship Detroit Foundation. See their schedule here.
*NC17334 / MSN 1920 was built and delivered to in 1937 and was AA’s 21st of 84 DC-3s. She’s the oldest flyable DC-3 in the world. (And even older than I am.
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Notice the rudder is doped fabric.
*NC17334 / MSN 1920 was built and delivered to in 1937 and was AA’s 21st of 84 DC-3s. She’s the oldest flyable DC-3 in the world. (And even older than I am.
)Notice the rudder is doped fabric.
Nov 3, 2018, 3:58 am
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OK I tried google for "Flagship knoxville" and Miami but came up with nothing recent....would someone _please_ give some details on why the plane was there/does this happen often/etc etc?? thanks ^^ A lot of cool memories but I'm still at a loss for why and will it happen again!
Nov 3, 2018, 4:08 am
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Nov 3, 2018, 4:19 am
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The indomitable Richard Branson’s Vintage Airways flew DC-3s between MCO and EYW in the 1990s. I was doing some work for Sony, NOAA in Tampa - St. Petersburg and a couple of others in Florida so I took a drive to MCO.
The lovely flight included vintage / Vintage uniforms, mascot dig greeting us on the apron, and the pilot came on the PA to announce the war (WW II) had been won and the Germans had capitulated, followed by a recording of FDR’s announcement, sounds and descriptions of the jubilation in the NYC streets. The few German passengers seemed a bit awkward.
The lovely flight included vintage / Vintage uniforms, mascot dig greeting us on the apron, and the pilot came on the PA to announce the war (WW II) had been won and the Germans had capitulated, followed by a recording of FDR’s announcement, sounds and descriptions of the jubilation in the NYC streets. The few German passengers seemed a bit awkward.
Jan 2, 2019, 12:41 pm
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