Re: Still flying at 71
- From: "Jonathan" <beals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:03:13 -0500
"Pat Flannery" <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We were having a discussion here a while back about the aircraft with
the longest operational career; at 71 years and counting it might be the
DC-3.
Here's a description of what one's like: http://tinyurl.com/ynjxdc
Almost every week I see a Four Star Air Cargo DC-3 landing at
Miami International. Every time I see one I shake my head
and wonder if it's flying in from Guatemala and full of
goats and chickens. Turns out I was half right.
http://www.fourstaraircargo.com/index.html
And one lost an engine on take off from Ft Lauderdale
and managed to crash land in the middle of a
residential neighborhood, clipping trees and
cars. It came to a halt in less than a hundred
yards, the pilots jumped out just as it caught
fire. Incredible that no one was hurt.
http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=45&id=42576
And I've been watching the sixty year old g-73 Mallard seaplanes
used by the oldest airline in the world take off from Miami harbor
almost everyday until their recent crash.
Chalk's Airline started in 1917 and is still in business(barely)
despite the tragic crash last year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalk's_Ocean_Airways
Pat
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