Remember the paratroop drop at Normandy last June?

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Remember the paratroop drop at Normandy last June?

Post by Mr Kay » Wed May 27, 2015 6:23 pm

I found out where the Dakota involved lives:

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A little air museum in upstate New York. We were talking to one of the guys at the museum who flew her over the Atlantic for the celebrations. He very kindly showed us round the inside of the plane. Small world!
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Post by Blitz » Wed May 27, 2015 7:57 pm

Just goes to show.
Was an impressive site. I got some good pics of the drop
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Post by Thumper » Wed May 27, 2015 8:00 pm

Interesting. Surprised it had the range to do the Atlantic. Must have carried a lot of extra fuel. Brave pilot though...
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Post by Mr Shiney » Wed May 27, 2015 9:28 pm

Thumper wrote:Interesting. Surprised it had the range to do the Atlantic. Must have carried a lot of extra fuel. Brave pilot though...
You should see what I have flown the Atlantic in when I was a ferry pilot..... :lol:

The Dak is the aircraft I most want to fly.
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Post by Mr Kay » Wed May 27, 2015 10:18 pm

Thumper wrote:Interesting. Surprised it had the range to do the Atlantic. Must have carried a lot of extra fuel. Brave pilot though...
They stopped in Nova Scotia, Greenland, Iceland, Scotland then France!
The guy we were speaking to was the maintenance director of the museum and also flew a number of the legs to and from Europe. He said that other than basic maintenance which they had provision for, the old bird behaved faultlessly.
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Post by bth2bth2 » Wed May 27, 2015 11:42 pm

you lucky sod. nice one alex.


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Re: Remember the paratroop drop at Normandy last June?

Post by gronk » Thu May 28, 2015 7:30 am

Blitz wrote:Just goes to show.
Was an impressive site. I got some good pics of the drop
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