Ed Burke
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Post by Ed Burke on Feb 18, 2016 0:10:20 GMT -5
Hey folks fellas and females, check this out. The ONLY scheduled DC-3 service in the southern hemisphere. I'd be interested to know of ANY others, anywhere............................ www.airchathams.co.nz/dc3-flights/flight-back-in-time/
I have my goonie in NZAA ready to do a few of the flights
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Post by davidrevans on Feb 18, 2016 10:08:07 GMT -5
That would be a wonderful Flight , especially at the cost. I will always remember the flight I had from Houston Texas to Ft. Polk on a Texas Airways DC-3 in 1967 , loved every minute of it Especially the engine start up an the passenger on the window hollering "we are on fire" from the smoke, He had never seen a old radial start before.
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Ed Burke
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Healthy living is fine, but it's having fun that keeps us going!
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Post by Ed Burke on Feb 18, 2016 17:04:00 GMT -5
Yes David, the startup can be great. I used to like night flying in the DC-6. Get a window seat aft of the wing and watch the exhausts on takeoff and climb power, plenty of spectacular fireworks all the way until cruise when it went dark.
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Post by robau707 on Apr 4, 2016 18:31:05 GMT -5
Ed,
That DC-3 service no longer operates.
The only DC-3 left in NZ that can carry passengers on tours and charters is ZK-DAK operated by FlyDC3NZ out of Ardmore.
i have just returned from a 12 day tour of the NZ north and South island, flying each day in DAK from port to port.
Fantastic and nostalgic trip.
cheers
Rob
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Post by Joe on May 8, 2016 21:04:56 GMT -5
From what I've seen of NZ in movies, and having flown all around it in flightsim, it looks like great flying.
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Post by robau707 on May 12, 2016 4:38:22 GMT -5
Well Joe, in September you can have so more NZ fun when we present the New Zealand Air Rally for 2016
Rob
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