Well worn old bird by the dings and dents showing... Who doesn't like Snoopy as nose art?

I hope she flies forever...

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DC-3... it is so cool...

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Love it!

me too!

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either way right? Check out the post below this one!

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That's N138FS! My dream job was working for Four Star flying their DC3s around, until they went outta business. Sad.

Wow... now she's flying freight down here...

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thats awesome!

ty ty ty

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I hope that they were able to fly her out, or at least get her in a sturdy hanger. Tying down on the hardstand is not a really good option.I remember a story/ movie that during the war, one of the b-29 bases was hit by a typhoon, and their solution, since they couldn't get the A/C out, was to taxi the squadron on the runways in to the wind. Literally flying at ground level. Makes a crazy kind of sense. THE COLONEL
P.S. Stay safe. WCJ

BTW The DC-3 does seem to be just about immortal, don't it? WCJ

It sure does...

I worked with an old Cuban fellow who pretty much did exactly that when working for Cubano Airways way back when. A hurricane came and it was too late to fly two of the DC-3's out so he and another mechanic filled them with fuel and taxied into the lee of the hangar. Whenever the winds would suck them out from the lee they would rev the engines and pull back in again. They spent the entire hurricane doing that. He said the company gave them a very 'nice' letter of appreciation - and that's all the got.

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I think I've seen that dog somewhere before... http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21336739/

*laughs...

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Surprisingly very little "Rule 34" stuff here on FA.
However, e621.net to the rescue.
This one's NOT filthy, but it struck me a VERY funny.

Bunners

I see he's traded in his Sopwith Camel for a better ride.

*Laughs.... I noticed that...

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That's awesome this old plane is still in service.

There were three or four of them sitting there. It's a cargo company.

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The last one of those I saw was sitting at a small municipal airport which some years back had shortened the runway to the point the plane could no longer take off, so there it sat as a giant lawn ornament. (I have a photo of it posted in my gallery.)

I've heard of it happening - the housing group just moves in and takes over until the airport disappears.

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That's Awesome, I Love It!! ♡.♡

why thank you...

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You're welcome, and Thank You for sharing such a Great Pic! :)

I love DC-3s.... and C-47s............... and the AC-47 spooky..... is she still in the flying?

I have home moves of AC-47s being flown by the USAF. I even have manuals, crew check lists and patches in my collection from AC-47 a pilot. I have a very special spot in my heart for the spooky.

I have no idea if the spooky is still flying but I'm betting they have a few of them is long term storage somewhere, though the A-10 would do the same thing and probably better. Things have changed so much since Vietnam. (Watch Mel Gibson's 'We Were Soldiers')

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So in the 1980s we sold some spookys to the Columbia Air Force. I know someone who was training them how to use them. Some are still in flight, but they have been converted to turbo props. They call it the fantasma or something like that. As for the US there is a few on “emergency war order status” but that’s it. Most of the ones at museums are C-47 transport dressed up like the spooky.

True all my favorite planes are retired. B-58 hustlers for example....

I built a model of the Hustler when I was a kid.

Check this story - I think you'll like it. I ran back across it this morning looking for something: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21381734/

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The Hustler was a cool bomber.