Author Topic: Question for Aviation Buffs (Read 4538 times)

Bubba · « **on:** July 05, 2007, 12:40:43 am »

Have a look at my flickr site and try to identify the planes in the picture labeled "Gimli Dragway @ 5 am, Pic 5". I have no idea what they are.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brent1210

random006 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 05, 2007, 01:20:45 am »

Quote from: Winklovic on July 05, 2007, 12:40:43 am

Have a look at my flickr site and try to identify the planes in the picture labeled "Gimli Dragway @ 5 am, Pic 5". I have no idea what they are.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brent1210

The silver one in profile is most likely a Boeing DC-3.

Check out this site for a picture: http://www.boeing.com/history/mdc/dc-3.htm

The other could be a DC-3 from the rear but it looks too slim for one. Not sure.

barrie1 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 05, 2007, 01:31:25 am »

I also am thinking a older DC-3 on the Silver one but not sure on the white one.

Trainman · « **Reply #3 on:** July 05, 2007, 02:05:55 am »

The nose looks wrong for a DC3, as does the fuselage but hard to tell from the smallesh photo. Can you post up a bigger one?

Tough to tell about the one from the rear, can not really see enough of it.

tpl · « **Reply #4 on:** July 05, 2007, 07:11:56 am »

The one in profile is definitely not a DC3 look at the shape of the vertical stabilizer...... Douglas made the DC3 Douglas Commercial 3 Boeing did not own Douglas then

Bubba · « **Reply #5 on:** July 05, 2007, 08:47:01 pm »

Quote from: Pathfinder on July 05, 2007, 02:05:55 am

The nose looks wrong for a DC3, as does the fuselage but hard to tell from the smallesh photo. Can you post up a bigger one?

Sure. Here ya go.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1005/711786846_268e35091c_b.jpg

In 3008x2000 resolution
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1005/711786846_372ac4e7f7_o.jpg

tpl · « **Reply #6 on:** July 05, 2007, 09:11:12 pm »

Just looking at the left hand plane I thought it had a look of an early post war airliner with that pinched in fuselage and the stabilizer looks familiar. I looked through a whole pile of pictures with no success

random006 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 05, 2007, 11:09:28 pm »

Yup, you're right. The nose is definitely wrong for a DC-3. However, it took the blown up photo for me to see that. On the DC-3, the cockpit windshield is notched while the plane in your photo has a windshield that is completely smooth and flush with the nose itself.

Back to the drawing board. sigh.

barrie1 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 05, 2007, 11:36:25 pm »

Maybe a older Convair or Corsair perhaps? Looks a little small to me but its a possibility I believe.

Cord · « **Reply #9 on:** July 06, 2007, 07:40:27 pm »

The one in profile could be a Curtiss C46 Commando.

Railton · « **Reply #10 on:** July 06, 2007, 08:27:08 pm »

I think you're right Cord. Good one.

Railton

tpl · « **Reply #11 on:** July 06, 2007, 09:28:26 pm »

Sheeet! The gallery I looked at did not have that aircraft, only a couple of Curtis military machines
The second pic is titled "C-46 C-GIBX from First Nations Transportation, c. 2006" so I wonder if it is the actual a/c

Bubba · « **Reply #12 on:** July 07, 2007, 10:14:57 am »

Thanks for the help, folks. I think I'll head over to the airport the next time I'm at the track and get some close-up shots.

Scaerio · « **Reply #13 on:** July 07, 2007, 03:13:51 pm »

I was about to consult one of my WWII aircraft books, but Curtiss C-46 sounds right to me! Good work, guys!

safristi · « **Reply #14 on:** July 08, 2007, 11:33:10 am »

HELLO!!!........

......... Sailors!!??...............

barrie1 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 09, 2007, 09:15:57 pm »

A plane that size would make a nice get-a-way camper for sure.

safristi · « **Reply #16 on:** July 11, 2007, 03:09:10 pm »

Railton · « **Reply #17 on:** July 12, 2007, 08:18:52 am »

Quote from: barrie1 on July 09, 2007, 09:15:57 pm

A plane that size would make a nice get-a-way camper for sure.

Never had to sleep in an aircraft when it's raining now have ya? Let's just say the rain falling softly on thin aluminum skin did not lull me to sleep...
Railton

safristi · « **Reply #18 on:** July 12, 2007, 02:04:26 pm »

Think of IT ........as THX on yer NEW 1080 BIG SCREEN

..tha pita pizza of lil feetz..............

Bubba · « **Reply #19 on:** August 09, 2007, 11:48:24 pm »

On the Monday morning of the long weekend, we were treated to the spectacle of the Curtiss taking flight. What a glorious sight and sound. If what I've read is true, this is one of, maybe, a half dozen left of these planes.