Classic Flight DC-6

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Faaaver there you are! 🙂

TT

…………….and as Bruce’s Dad I can confirm the story, but don’t panic TT you and I are also not related

[QUOTE=’lectra;1134248]I suspect your Dad was right TT.

It may even have been the long standing BFS-CVT route which is still operated today, although these days it’s four tuboprops…

Bruce[/QUOTE]

Thanks Bruce – was worried there that Alan had been spun the same yarn by his Dad as my Dad told me….and not believing in coincidences thought we might be related!:eek: :p

TT

Wasps, Double or Major; Mr Wright or corncob: putting the academic debate aside, amen for a bunch like Classic Flight who put their money where our mouth is. I’ll certainly be off to Blenheim to see G-APSA on her first public outing.

Has anyone here put their name down for that trip to Hamburg? Apparently pax aboard the DC-3 will be flying alongside a formation practice involving G-APSA, a DC-2 and two other DC-3s! Unmissable and only 300 quid. Now where’s that piggy bank…

Did someone say “4360”?

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Surviving Big Pistons

RamboII,

How many still flying? If we look at R-2800’s, I guess heaps if you include the overall warbird community and those fabulous Alaskan fish carriers.

The “flagship” of the R-3350’s would have to be the Martin Mars [with yet another life-extension…yippee!!:D ], followed closely by the 3 regularly flown L-1049’s and every Skyraider around [have a listen at Legends! 😎 ]

IF the R-4360 were of greater HP than the R-3350 in their “ultimate” production [and indeed you might beat the CW product by a couple of hundred], then I might concede, BUT if even if we count the odd Reno racer, the only flyable R-4360 equipped machine I can think of resides at Long Island [or is it still earth-bound in NJ?] and is still under restoration.

Perhaps a shade hasty on my part, but it’s just spine tingling to listen to the idle of a -3350 as much as the roar on takeoff; inside or outside the aircraft.

G’day 😉

I suspect your Dad was right TT.

It may even have been the long standing BFS-CVT route which is still operated today, although these days it’s four tuboprops…

Bruce

Possible help with a mythbust here – for years when I was a kid, there was the drone of a multi engined radial over our house at 11pm on the dot- my Dad always said it was the mailplane – a DC-6 based at Coventry…was he right or is this a myth (if the latter, its 2-0 as I now know there’s no Father Christmas… 🙂 )

TT

More than likely TT, she used to fly over me at BHX too !

I was only talking to the big man last week he was asking how well the children were behaving……..;)

Alan

There’s really no Father Christmas?

Thats 1-0 to my Old man then :rolleyes:

Possible help with a mythbust here – for years when I was a kid, there was the drone of a multi engined radial over our house at 11pm on the dot- my Dad always said it was the mailplane – a DC-6 based at Coventry…was he right or is this a myth (if the latter, its 2-0 as I now know there’s no Father Christmas… 🙂 )

TT

The jet flights were to be available as part of the classic flight club membership but the CAA came calling.

It would be worth a week’s holliers to travel over for a ride in one of them! And better value than a week on a beach for a redhead like me!

Rambo!!,

I’ll take your big P&W radials and raise you an R-3350. Nothing quite beats that!!:cool:

G’day 😉

Ahh ha very good! but how many of them are still airborne?:D and I’ll take your R-3350 and raise you my P&W R-4360:diablo:

Hi Curlyboy

That’ll be APSA again. They were off to Cranfield for training.

The DC-3 was more than likley AMPY en-route to Southend for one of our regular flights on behalf of Leger Holidays.

Tom.

I was just about to ask whos DC3 buzzed my garden very nice site it was too, any news of flights out of Southend yet?

Would love to fly in a DC-6, does this aircraft do pleasure flights similar to the rest of the fleet???

In addition I remember sometime last year pleasure flights being advertised in the Vampire T11 and Meteor, I think for £500 and £1,000 respectively. Are these also avialable, just that I haven’t seen them advertised of late?

The DC6 is currently fitted out as a freighter. In the future she maybe fitted out to passenger spec again but it all depends on sponsorship, etc.

The jet flights were to be available as part of the classic flight club membership but the CAA came calling.

Rambo!!,

I’ll take your big P&W radials and raise you an R-3350. Nothing quite beats that!!:cool:

G’day 😉

Would love to fly in a DC-6, does this aircraft do pleasure flights similar to the rest of the fleet???

In addition I remember sometime last year pleasure flights being advertised in the Vampire T11 and Meteor, I think for £500 and £1,000 respectively. Are these also avialable, just that I haven’t seen them advertised of late?

Now there’s a thought the DC-6 at legends.

She would be eligible wouldnt she????

Is -APSA the DC-6 with the possible CIA background or is that -SIXC?

I shall have to get up to Baginton’s peri fence with my camera to see if I can catch sight (and sound) of her.

Roger Smith.

Hi Curlyboy

That’ll be APSA again. They were off to Cranfield for training.

The DC-3 was more than likley AMPY en-route to Southend for one of our regular flights on behalf of Leger Holidays.

Tom.

Oddly enough i have just had a four engined DC fly over my house in Newport Pagnell about 18.25 is this the same one or do we have a few more pootling around ?

Also i saw a C47 fly over work this morning?

Is there a Douglas aircraft meet going on somewhere or are they stashing stuff for legends ?

curlyboy