@billace90 I was a bit young to have been there at Normandy, but I'm suspicious that my jump was indeed a bit more quiet....
The countless number of people that used that plane to fight for us and our freedom; it did give me cause to think a bit. I really wish I could have been at Oshkosh this year to see this. Sigh.
@wizardcam Well that must have been exciting. I bet you felt like Maj. Dick Winters over Normandy for 3 minutes..........without the incoming fire of course. Regards.
The venerable DC-3, what an aircraft! And many are still airworthy over 60 years after the last one was made. Amazing. Here in SJU at any particular moment you can see at least 6 or 7 in the tarmac. They use them mostly for inter-island deliveries.
@CPTDJB Um, they were all on the ground in 13 minutes from initial overhead to the inbound arrival fix to touchdown of the last aircraft. There was no safety issue and the fuel flow is quite low in the traffic pattern. Besides, originally they were all going to fly longer anyway on Tuesday with a flyby so your point is moot.
OMG i got to go to oskhosh every dam year now after seeing this why have i always skipped this airshow wow.
SaberTanker22 1 year ago
@billace90 I was a bit young to have been there at Normandy, but I'm suspicious that my jump was indeed a bit more quiet....
The countless number of people that used that plane to fight for us and our freedom; it did give me cause to think a bit. I really wish I could have been at Oshkosh this year to see this. Sigh.
wizardcam 1 year ago
@wizardcam Well that must have been exciting. I bet you felt like Maj. Dick Winters over Normandy for 3 minutes..........without the incoming fire of course. Regards.
billace90 1 year ago
@billace90 Just jumped out of one a few months ago. Such a wonderful airplane!
wizardcam 1 year ago
The venerable DC-3, what an aircraft! And many are still airworthy over 60 years after the last one was made. Amazing. Here in SJU at any particular moment you can see at least 6 or 7 in the tarmac. They use them mostly for inter-island deliveries.
billace90 1 year ago
dc-3 delerium!
Davenbeach 1 year ago
oh man,
we got there tuesday and missed that :(
34531396 1 year ago
@CPTDJB Um, they were all on the ground in 13 minutes from initial overhead to the inbound arrival fix to touchdown of the last aircraft. There was no safety issue and the fuel flow is quite low in the traffic pattern. Besides, originally they were all going to fly longer anyway on Tuesday with a flyby so your point is moot.
doug9driver 1 year ago
What a sight...and sound!
doug9driver 1 year ago
I liked the part where Duggy and the other 2 DC-3's went up to join them.
pacalamike 1 year ago