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C - 47

McMinville, OR

Have you ever flown in one of these? The civilian version was DC-3, the first “modern’ airliner back in the late 1930's. The livery on this war bird identifies it as an aircraft which flew in the D Day landings in 1944.

I rode on a commercial DC-3 several times in the 1960’s. Many are still in service around the world today!

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don nieman		22-Jan-2011 15:53
Never flew one, but have seen many of them in action.For some reason, seeing these DC-3 C-47 aircraft always takes me to the stories of aviation by Ernest Gann in Fate Is The Hunter.

J. Scott Coile		21-Jan-2011 16:12
Quite a "fish out of water"...

Dougie Young		21-Jan-2011 15:39
Rode in a few myself but didn't land in them!!! and in better weather, nice shot Robin..:>

Cindi Smith		21-Jan-2011 04:18
I flew back from Germany when I was a baby in one of these, so my Dad says. Nice shot of this beauty!

Coleen Perilloux Landry		21-Jan-2011 02:47
Yes, I flew several times in one of these in the 1950's. Thought they were the cats meow.

Guest		21-Jan-2011 01:53
Beautiful find and image. V.

Ray :)		21-Jan-2011 01:48
Yes, I few in one from the Isle of Man to Blackpool, England, being a flight of about 30 minutes. This was back in 1967. We made the outward flight on a pressurised, turboprop HP Herald and the later flight on the Dakota was an eye-opener!