siznaudin Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 If you're impressed by this shot (I was!), then you may well be interested in the rest of the story here...http://www.conniesurvivors.com/1-christler_flying_service.htm [ATTACH]17966[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixtiesrelic Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Real aeroplanes. Sounds like it would have been fun flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAA Student Pilot Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Some a bit smaller and closer to home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 If you're impressed by this shot (I was!), then you may well be interested in the rest of the story here...http://www.conniesurvivors.com/1-christler_flying_service.htm Only just came across this link, thanks, it's a great story well worth reading. It would be nice to be able to travel the world and see some of the remaining historic aircraft still working. I think South America has it's share, and have seen videos of DC3's and C119 Boxcars still doing freight work in either Canada or Alaska. Found this link to the American Museum of Aviation, listing surviving propliners: http://www.prop-liners.com/survivors.htm What surprised me was that they quote 400+ DC3's still flying. That figure would have to suggest a lot of them still being used commercially, I guess. Cheers, Willedoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 A little off the thread subject, but speaking of old propliners still in service, for those who don't have the Discovery Channel on Foxtel/Austar, the series Ice Pilots portrays Buffalo Airways and their DC3 and Curtis C46 Commando, DC4 and Lockheed Electra delivering supplies to the mining settlements of the North West Territory, landing on ice runways and in snow drifts. See the links below. http://www.airliners.net/photo/0142023/ http://www.airliners.net/photo/Buffalo-Airways/Douglas-C-47A-Skytrain/1868238/&sid=4b6142bb0bb09a8c094fd90aa5cb4c13 http://www.airliners.net/photo/Buffalo-Airways/Lockheed-L-188A(F)-Electra/1366534/&sid=4b6142bb0bb09a8c094fd90aa5cb4c13 http://www.airliners.net/photo/Buffalo-Airways/Douglas-C-54G-Skymaster/1322644/&sid=4b6142bb0bb09a8c094fd90aa5cb4c13 Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixtiesrelic Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Buffalo. How flying should be. I've taped both series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 A little off the thread subject, but speaking of old propliners still in service, for those who don't have the Discovery Channel on Foxtel/Austar, the series Ice Pilots portrays Buffalo Airways and their DC3 and Curtis C46 Commando, DC4 and Lockheed Electra delivering supplies to the mining settlements of the North West Territory, landing on ice runways and in snow drifts. See the links below.http://www.airliners.net/photo/0142023/ http://www.airliners.net/photo/Buffalo-Airways/Douglas-C-47A-Skytrain/1868238/&sid=4b6142bb0bb09a8c094fd90aa5cb4c13 http://www.airliners.net/photo/Buffalo-Airways/Lockheed-L-188A(F)-Electra/1366534/&sid=4b6142bb0bb09a8c094fd90aa5cb4c13 http://www.airliners.net/photo/Buffalo-Airways/Douglas-C-54G-Skymaster/1322644/&sid=4b6142bb0bb09a8c094fd90aa5cb4c13 Peter. Nice photos, you can almost hear those Twin Wasp's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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