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Old 11th Oct 2002, 10:40
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It's a bit of a step up from a Yak but it's one of my all-time favourites. 20 people at 5K up front each, it certainly makes you think. If based at Duxford and on public transport C of A, I suspect a deal might be reached to lease some of its capacity to Classic Wings, especially on air show days when they have a potential need to get a lot of pleasure flying done in a relatively short time. A DC-3 on such days is the ideal complement to the Rapide / Moth operation, as the old Russavia pleasure flying operation used to bring in a DC-3 to run alongside two Rapides, a Moth and a Chippie on the big air show days back in the late '80s, and there was never a problem selling the seats. Obviously any revenue from this would only supplement the overall annual running costs, not pay them. But given the expansion plans for Duxford I think the outlook could be increasingly favourable over time.
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