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Re: Question for Aviation Buffs
« Reply #20 on: August 10, 2007, 01:07:46 am »
That would be a treat to  see takeoff and I imagine the sound of those old style engines must be just great.  :)
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Re: Question for Aviation Buffs
« Reply #21 on: August 10, 2007, 01:37:11 am »
On a side note, I saw this guy (Hawaii Mars) do three passes right over my house last weekend.  Maybe practising up for the Abbotsford Airshow?  http://www.martinmars.com/images/gallery/C_Ruppert.jpg

Absolutely fabulous, the drone of those four engines, and seeing that big slug cruise the skies at about 200 mph was awesome.  Everytime he passed over the house, it gave me goosebumps...

Only two in the world left now:  http://www.epiphyte.ca/weblog/2006/07/20060728.html

A real blast from the past, for sure.
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Re: Question for Aviation Buffs
« Reply #22 on: August 10, 2007, 08:47:42 am »
I always (almost) fly FULLY CLOTHED................ ;)
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Re: Question for Aviation Buffs
« Reply #23 on: August 10, 2007, 10:26:52 am »
Quote from: java_man on August 10, 2007, 01:37:11 am
On a side note, I saw this guy (Hawaii Mars) do three passes right over my house last weekend.  Maybe practising up for the Abbotsford Airshow?  http://www.martinmars.com/images/gallery/C_Ruppert.jpg

Absolutely fabulous, the drone of those four engines, and seeing that big slug cruise the skies at about 200 mph was awesome.  Everytime he passed over the house, it gave me goosebumps...

Only two in the world left now:  http://www.epiphyte.ca/weblog/2006/07/20060728.html

A real blast from the past, for sure.

I have paddled under them on Sproat Lake where they reside (just outside Port Alberni) and when the "tall ships" were here, one did a "bombing run" over the "Canal" about 200 m from my livingroom window. Very impressive indeed.
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Re: Question for Aviation Buffs
« Reply #24 on: June 01, 2008, 12:59:09 am »
The DC-3 hit the air today.  That was a treat to see and hear.

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Re: Question for Aviation Buffs
« Reply #25 on: June 01, 2008, 06:50:33 am »
That is a real airplane.    Watched a GiB-AIR DC3  landing in Gibraltar once many years ago.  Stayed up on the main gear all the way to the terminal and dropped onto the tail wheel in the last 100 yards or so.
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Re: Question for Aviation Buffs
« Reply #26 on: June 01, 2008, 07:40:42 am »
.... ::) can't beat those olde droptails................I could DRONE on and ON and On and ON........
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