Re: Still flying at 71

Fox2 wrote:

That 1927 plane pre-dates the Junkers by 9 years. I wonder if it is as
noisy inside as that JU-52 was.

Yep.
And it's a long climb up to the cockpit, too.
Got a flight in her this summer when they were taking a swing through the
Upper Right-Hand Corner of the U,S.

It really feels like an oversized Piper J-3. A very honest airplane.

Fox2 wrote:
I've heard that there are 1 or 2 Ford Tri-motors still flying in Brazil,
but can't find anything on that.

Now, what may still be in Brazil are some of the last of the Northrop C-125
trimotors. The C-125 was built in the late '40s/early '50s as a possible
competitor to the Chase/Stroukoff/Fairchild C-123.

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Pete Stickney
Without data, all you have is an opinion
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