Geriaviator
27th May 2019, 15:24
A bit big for the average PPL (or his bank balance) but I liked the great story unfolding on Flightradar at the moment (1510 GMT 27/05/2019). Aircraft registered N24320 out of Reykjavik Iceland is going down the west coast of Scotland doing 160kt g/s at 6000ft and descending for Prestwick.
Type is not shown but DC3history.org says that N24320 was a Johnson Flying Service DC-3C, c/n 20197 built 1944, which ran out of fuel two miles short of Allegheny A/p and ditched in a river. The 23 passengers escaped but nine of them and the captain drowned in the river. The airline hauled the aircraft out of the river, dried it out and continued to use it as a sprayer.
Seventy-five years young, the old warhorse is now operated by the Museum of Mountain Flying in Montana, US. Reykjavik to Prestwick -- that's what DC3s have done for decades ...
Type is not shown but DC3history.org says that N24320 was a Johnson Flying Service DC-3C, c/n 20197 built 1944, which ran out of fuel two miles short of Allegheny A/p and ditched in a river. The 23 passengers escaped but nine of them and the captain drowned in the river. The airline hauled the aircraft out of the river, dried it out and continued to use it as a sprayer.
Seventy-five years young, the old warhorse is now operated by the Museum of Mountain Flying in Montana, US. Reykjavik to Prestwick -- that's what DC3s have done for decades ...