willedoo Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 DC-6 landing somewhere north of Pretoria. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Beautiful! But I can feel the grit doing its evil work on the bores :eek: More of it here: lovely, lovely sound!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Nice clip, Geoff, & beautiful sound. If there's anything better than the sound of a Twin Wasp, it's four Twin Wasps. It would be nice to go to Alaska one day & see Evert's fleet before they disappear. As far as I know , they still operate a couple of Curtiss Commandos & something like eight DC-6's. Cheers, Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David C Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Now we've established we all like a dirty video :rolleyes:... check this one out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtM_7zWYwb4.. Dave C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Now we've established we all like a dirty video :rolleyes:... check this one out Looks like an old clip, Dave, & quite a bounce there toward the end. I didn't know they flew planes into the Monino Air Museum like that, just assumed they were all transported there by road (apart from the helicopters). Here's a C17 landing in Afghanistan, lots of dust again. Cheers, Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris Spencer-Scarr Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 The story behind the DC-6 was interseting. 2 collectors bought the aircraft for their static collection on a farm. It had not flown for more than 20 years and had been stripped and left in the sun and rain for the entire time. They considered removing the wings and taking it 50km by road, but that proved to be nigh impossible. They got 2 mechanics who worked on her full time for more than a year to get her airworthy enough for one single 20NM flight. She has now retired. http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=41521&hilit=Dc6#p499448 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Thanks Chris, appreciate the info. I was curious about the background behind the flight & didnt know anything about it's origins. Cheers, Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Thanks Chris, appreciate the info. I was curious about the background behind the flight & didnt know anything about it's origins.Cheers, Willie. Same goes for me too - thanks for wising us up! Here are a couple of shots of a Jumbo which was flown into a somewhat j..u..s..t wide enough strip; I think it was possibly for museum display - someone else might know for sure the full story. I can understand the pilots looking so pleased with their effort! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Here are a coule of shots of a Jumbo which was flown into a somewhat j..u..s..t wide enough strip; Amazing shots, you wouldn't want too much cross-wind there; the second photo is a bit scary, it just fits. Cheers, Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David C Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 That is ex SAA B747SP landing at Rand Airport in South Africa for museum display . This aircraft is ZS-SPA and was named "Maluti" by the airline . It held the distinction of the record of the longest distance flown by a commercial airliner . On landing it joined another ex SAA B747-200 at the airfield . Rand Airport has 1700M long runway , which is very adequate in length for a 747 , but very marginal in width as can be seen in the photos .. Dave C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 That is ex SAA B747SP landing at Rand Airport in South Africa for museum display . This aircraft is ZS-SPA and was named "Maluti" by the airline . It held the distinction of the record of the longest distance flown by a commercial airliner . On landing it joined another ex SAA B747-200 at the airfield . Rand Airport has 1700M long runway , which is very adequate in length for a 747 , but very marginal in width as can be seen in the photos ..Dave C Thanks Dave - much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 We spent 3 years on Nauru (no, not as illegal immigrants!) and during that time Air Nauru operated a 737 equipped as is this one here, for non-sealed strips. Protruding forward of the engine intakes is bleed air to prevent stone ingestion, and fitted to the nose wheel a shield to prevent stones being thrown up. It's a long time ago, but I think the only unsealed strip they used was Bonriki (Tarawa, ...TRW), in what was then called the Gilbert Islands & now Kiribati (pronounced "Kiribuss", the "-it" being sibillant). [ATTACH=full]1249[/ATTACH] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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