There I was enjoying our best day of the year so far when I heard a once-familiar rumble. Right over the house came a beautiful Dakota, the Twin Wasps sounding as only 28 well-harmonised cylinders can sound.
The 1944 Dak's original careful owner was the USAAF, who used it over Arnhem. It now belongs to KLM, who flew it into Belfast to launch its new Amsterdam route ... and took a select few passengers for flights.
Geriaviator is green with envy.
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The visit may not have been the first for the venerable Dak. Looking for somewhere to pack thousands of parachutes, the Operation Market Garden planners noticed extensive suitable buildings at Mullaghmore, a training and transit base in Co. Londonderry. The chutes were flown in and out by Daks and Skymasters. Not everyone knows that ...