Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:57 PM 11/10/2006, Walt Johnson wrote: >Love those old aircraft. Being a photojournalist >has afforded me quite a few nice flights. A >Stearman, T28, a 1936 something( I can't >remember the name of ) gliders, hot air balloons >and a C130 jaunt through a hurricane. ;-) I >envy your Tri-Motor trip. They must still use them in Mexico and Latin >America. Walt There are a number of Ford Tri-Motors still flying in the US, but all are now giving joy rides only. Until about 20 years ago, a Michgan School District used a Tri-Motor to "bus" kids to class from islands in the Great Lakes. Though the USAF abandoned the C-47 more than thirty years ago, there are still several hundred of these DC-3's in regular commercial service worldwide, many in the US. Check out the Butte, Montana, airfield and the like. You aren't going to catch the old aircraft at John Wayne International or the like, I would suspect. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!