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Old 26th Dec 2007, 21:05
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con-pilot

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Pictures of my old DC-3.

I finally got one of those film scanners that allows me to transfer slides onto my computer. Here are some pictures of the DC-3 I use to fly. It was the lowest time DC-3 in the world when we got the aircraft. I got the DC-3 in 1981, it had less than 3,000 hours total time. It had been purchased by the Wrigley family (of the chewing gum fame) and had been based on Catalina Island most of its life. The aircraft was built in the Douglas Plant as a C-47 in 1944 at Oklahoma City which is now Tinker AFB. Sorry, but I cannot find the serial number, I have it in storage somewhere, but where I don't have a clue.

The last I heard the DC-3 was in Europe flying tourists either in Sweden or Norway. Perhaps some one here knows the fate of this fine old lady?
Anyway, here are a exterior and an interior pictures.





A couple of more interior shots.

Front to back of cabin.



Wrigley Family headrest cover.



We had the aircraft for about three years and I flew it a little over 300 hours.

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