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barit1
17th Dec 2010, 18:09
17 December 1935 is the date the DC-3 first flew. I'm not too sure, but I believe the prototype was actually an AA DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport) with Wright engines.
Herod
17th Dec 2010, 19:37
Must be something about 17th December. It's another anniversary as well.
barit1
17th Dec 2010, 20:25
No kidding?? :eek:
BTW - Boeing aerobuilders a year ago cursed their new plastic airplane right from the start by NOT making first flight on Dec. 17 (http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20101215/BLOG01/101219858). Very poor karma.
A30yoyo
17th Dec 2010, 21:42
Lovely 1940 Kodachromes by Cushman of FLAGSHIP TEXAS the 1st DST on
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P01765.jpg
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P01764.jpg
barit1
18th Dec 2010, 01:59
Lovely photos, A30yoyo. :D Wonder how many more lie in that digital archive? Is there an index?
I think they were taken a few years after 1935, though, because of the Hydromatic prop domes (full feathering). The first ships had counterweight prop hubs.
A30yoyo
18th Dec 2010, 10:37
'Cushman archive' in Google gets you there....a search 'Chicago airplane' brings up colour Stratoliners again from 1940...there aren't that many planes in the archive ,though....
Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection>> Results >> Details (http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/results/detail.do?query=chicago+airplane&page=1&pagesize=20&display=thumbcap&action=search&pnum=P02542)
barit1
19th Dec 2010, 15:51
Our family went to the 1948 Railroad Fair - and as if to steal the show, the Caroline Mars tied up nearby. I distinctly remember it. Note the Adler Planetarium to the right - and this was about the time Meigs Field opened.
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P04071.jpg