DC6 Fun

[SuberAvid 617]

Hunted out at this mine back in August.  These guys flew in a load of parts for a D8 including a pair of tracks and drivers.  Obviously they don't realize this is a cargo plane, they would fit right in at a local fly-in.  It is quite a sight and soundful to get buzzed by this thing.

[horsepower 24]

Nice,Those old planes are awesome. We had some Smoke jumpers here this Summer and the Forest Service had a couple of the Old DC 3,s I think, converted and I went to Airport and watched them.They were converted to turbines and performed unreal.Thanks for the pics.Randy

[Av8r3400 1179]

Many of those turbine DC3s were converted here in Wisconsin, at Basler Flight Service on Wittman Field, home of EAA's Airventure.

 

They are awesome planes.  Amazing that some of them are pushing 80 years old...

[EDMO 1078]

Standard flying in Alaska - folks down here would ground you for doing that! And the insurance would be cancelled!

I was told when I first went to Alaska, "Folks down South treat planes like sports cars - Up here, we treat them like Dump trucks, and the runway can be anywhere you can get down and off again!"

I have watched those DC4 guys take off from Anchorage and looked like they were loaded so heavy that they didn't try to climb and just flew low over Cook inlet waters on their way South.

EDMO

Edited 1 Nov 2014 by Ed In Missouri

[SuberAvid 617]

Jack pointed out that it is a DC6.  Sorry I got that wrong.  They are all great planes!

[EDMO 1078]

I thought that looked like a DC-6, but wasn't sure what a DC-4 Looked Like - think maybe they are only 2 engines?

EDMO

[akflyer 1427]

Fixed it for ya Randy