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Old 18th Sep 2020, 05:01
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vilas
 
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I can say I have done a lot of stalls in DC3 .It is more than 50 years now but I have flown DC3 in Himalayan mountains for supply dropping for maintenance of military posts. Also we had some airstrips by river banks called Advanced Landing Grounds layed with PSP or Perforated Steel Plates. In Air Force we always did what's called three point landing but our civil counterparts did two wheel landings. We used to also spent some time with the aircraft maintenance company testing DC3 after major maintenance where for more than a month I have done stalls virtually every day. I didn't find anything particularly vicious about the stalls. There was noticeable judder and nose drop. But I don't remember any serious wing drop.

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