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Hi again people been a long time since i have been about!
I have a question to ask,I am currently working at Whistable in Kent on the coast and as u look out to sea i can see the Isle of Sheppy and somedays i think maybe even Southend on Sea? An usually most mornings after about 1030ish on a clear day i can always see and hear the drone of a DC3 coming across from Southend way towards Whistable fairly high up on a occasion there has been what i think is maybe a DC4? Anybody have any clues where they come from who they belong too and where are they going just intrigued to know.
Just being nosey i guess!;)

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By: Flanker_man - 21st February 2005 at 22:41

Li-2 at Victory Park, Moscow…

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By: Flanker_man - 21st February 2005 at 22:30

A few Li-2’s to balance things up…..

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By: EwenT - 21st February 2005 at 22:21

MalcomT (DC3Malcolm) supplied these pics. All taken in 2000, the air-to-air were takem from G-AMPZ on a trip back from Biggin Hill to Coventry, somewhere over Warwickshire.

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By: aerovet - 21st February 2005 at 22:19

Though this one pretends to be, I am not sure. It is a former Aeronavale C-47 at the St Mere Eglise museum in D-Day livery
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By: Bruggen 130 - 21st February 2005 at 21:20

One more.

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By: flyingkiwi2 - 21st February 2005 at 20:30

Dakotas/DC3’s

Here is my small contribution :rolleyes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/flyingkiwi/BIGGINHILL003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/flyingkiwi/DC3_B64_hnf.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/flyingkiwi/SOUTHE3_hnf.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/flyingkiwi/NZWarbirdsDakota_hnf.jpg

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By: old eagle - 21st February 2005 at 18:54

More of the same….how do I “depixelate” to get them bigger ?
The landing KG661 shots were 20 Sept 1978, the air to air 01 June 1979, I have no dates for the Tempelhof and ZA947 air to air shot

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By: John C - 21st February 2005 at 08:47

The gondola on AF is some form of Radar test bed – unfortunatly the modifications are so substantial they can’t be undone.

Dakota2 – I think the red thing on the wing (well the only thing I can see!) is the aileron control lock.

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By: Franck66 - 21st February 2005 at 08:24

this one participated to the D-Day airborne invasion

http://pegase.foxalpha.com/photog/0104/001440.jpg

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By: OFMC Fan - 21st February 2005 at 07:49

Does anyone know of any C-47’s still flying today, that participated in the D-Day airborne invasion or flew in the Market Garden parachute drop in the second world war? Would be very interested in finding out!!

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By: italian harvard - 20th February 2005 at 22:58

The Dak on floats is scary!!! 🙂
Great pics everybody, I noticed several Daks still have the P&W sticker logo on the NACAs, when we bought some spares for our Wasp I got even one of those huge Dak stickers, and was thinking about making a wall watch with it 🙂

Cheers

Alex

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The one with that gondola is really ugly! Is it a radar gondola or what?

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By: aerovet - 20th February 2005 at 22:30

Here is one from from Air Berlin
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By: alanl - 20th February 2005 at 20:58

Yes please old eagle post away!

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By: old eagle - 20th February 2005 at 20:29

ZA947 as was !

Don’t know if this is good for size, I have another 5 to put up if this is OK-and if they’re wanted !
KG661 operating at/from EGLF June 1978 photo courtesy Dave Peet who was the pilot
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Edit : This was a 17.9mb pic size 2806 x 2237 – I reduced it to 300 x 239 to give a 210kb pic
Q …how do I reduce pic size to less than 300kb and still have decent screen size, cos this is too d*** tiny !

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By: go4b17 - 20th February 2005 at 19:39

DC3 At Long Beach Ca USA

Taken on 18 Jan 05 at Dougherty Field – ( Long Beach ) As promised – these beauties fly with Catalina Flying Boats hauling freight to Catalina Is

we missed engine start by half an hour maybe , they were loading up freight ready to go what a pity we missed that sound .

i will look for some shots on airliners of these planes as they are superb

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By: Will J - 20th February 2005 at 16:31

Dramatic reassembly…. excellent, count me in for next weekend 🙂

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By: John C - 20th February 2005 at 16:15

Ok as promised, some shots of PY taken today. Despite appearances, the next four weeks will see some dramatic reassembly happening and hopefully some ground runs as well.

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By: TMN - 20th February 2005 at 15:54

Just a couple more from me……

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By: dakota2 - 20th February 2005 at 15:37

Have a look at photo 4 there is a red mobile radio on the trailing edge of the port wing!

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By: Will J - 20th February 2005 at 15:15

:confused:

Which picture, what have I missed?

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