DC-3 lands at Moontown Airport, May 23, 2009-aerial footage dc3

The Herpa wrapped DC-3, owned and piloted by Dan Grider and crew visits Moontown Airport in Huntsville, AL to start out there 9 day trip sponsored by AvWeb and Verizon, to promote LIVE video/messaging from the cockpit, while on the trip. Dinner and Blue Grass followed the great landing on the 2300 ft grass strip. Thanks for coming guy... Blake

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[cipmars]

@Angryrnmedic And keeping West Berlin alive afterwords.

[Angryrnmedic]

Great old airplane. They were one of the main factors in winning WWII. RN

[DC3Dreams]

@amazonaviatrix I know this is controversial, but my dad taught me to land the DC-3 in 3-point. Years later I had the chance to fly the DC-3 for a couple of weeks and I was the "odd man out" in the crews. It just feels right to get the tail down on approach. You're not gonna stall it, especially in ground effect (which is huge with the '3).

[pokos57]

can it up side down?

[phishstyx]

Wow, perfect landing. Not a lot of extra room if speed and touchdown aren't exact. Great piloting.

[chick5581]

Loved it!!! The video was fun and it was pretty informative. Its awesome how the video is high quality!

[flyingfish182]

Agree with others that this is a great video.

[Bob56649]

Nope, not even close. The viewpoint of the camera, with no depth perception, only makes it look that way. It can really fool you. Take a look at one of the videos made from the ground, and you will see what I mean.

[amazonaviatrix]

Dan Gryder, owner of this DC-3, is an airline pilot and flight instructor. You can fly with him and get a type-rating to be either a solo pilot or first officer in a DC-3. His home base/flight school is in Griffin, Georgia. Pilot Getaways magazine did a story on him and this aircraft in their Sept/Oct 2007 issue

[Zfever2]

Just beautiful! Great aircraft, great video.