DC-3s Gather in Rock Falls for "The Last Time"

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Uploaded by on Jul 25, 2010

More than 30 DC-3s were on the ramp at Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls, Ill. from July 24-26 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the aircraft that some say changed the way aviation was used and perceived. Organizer Dan Gryder gave AVweb a unique perspective on the event and the people involved.

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  • The PDF document that the pilots received, as well as the powerpoint presentation used in the pilots formation briefing are now posted on the home page of TheLastTime web site. (dot org) The interesting aspect of this is that these pilots had not flown together before, there was no practice day, and the sequence of where each airplane would fly in the formatin was random. We were told that the feat was impossible but it actually worked very well. These pilots were the best! Dan Gryder

  • Actually Hubbardr1, the website is herpa.de as Dan said ;)

    And phillipisbj, it was unannounced at OSH because they didn't expect them. That's why they weren't scheduled to fly on Tuesday as some advertised.

  • @EatMyPropwash Yeah their fly-over at KOSH was pretty incredible! They came over totally unannounced. It was beautiful!

  • @phillipislbj LOL! It took some creative thinking, thats for sure. Man I just went to KSQI tonight with my student who is working on his private. I just imagined all the excitement that was there less than 24hrs ago! Bummed I missed it!

  • @EatMyPropwash aaahhhhh i want your screenname.

  • Ha! They cut off the Herpa plug at the end. :)

  • I did my initial solo cross country to KSQI! So awesome to see those planes there!

  • get off that plane!! its very old!!

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