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I know it is not a great shot, but I was working in the garden and this came over and I rushed to get the camera before it was out of range
a better copy is in the gallery (how do i link to it?)
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Not many of these planes around any more. They were the true workhorses after the last World War. There were so many built that it was cheap to buy them when they became surplus to requirements.
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Not many of these planes around any more. They were the true workhorses after the last World War. There were so many built that it was cheap to buy them when they became surplus to requirements.
thanks for the posting help, re the dakota it was the sound of it as it appeared in the sky that was amazing. Does anybody know(I bet they do)
what engines they were fitted with.
this was the second time today that it had flown over
I was sailing on the Broads at the time and we saw it several times during the day. Unfortunately I was too preoccupied with ropes and wind to get a photo!
You're right, it has a great noise and fitted in with the pleasant atmosphere of my day. Unfortunately I understand that they are no longer airworthy for commercial use (the EU has decided) so photos will be harder to get.
Hi Folks, had a word with a friend round the corner, He's not a member so can't reply himself. He's well into historic aircraft and is a moderator on "Airfield Information Exchange"
"It belongs to Air Atlantique based at Coventry Airport. It's C-47B KK116 (civil reg. G-AMPY) and has been around for ages. It is, well WAS, one of the aircraft AA used for pleasure flights.
However, new EU aviation rules have put a stop to this now. Because of their revised weight classifications, for some very unknown reason, the DC-3 is now lumped into the same class as Airbus A320, Boeing 737 etc.
Because of this, there were a number of modifications which they would have to have made to the aircraft to meet the legislation and the cost was huge and there would have had to have been too many structural changes to the aircraft. It's all to do with what's called MTOW - Maximum Take-Off Weight. I started to look into it but it made my gums itch!"
There's still a month and a bit until they have to stop carrying passengers, so you might still get a flight if you are near somewhere on the farewell tour, or at least a good photo oportunity with a bit of research.
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