Two C-54s possibly due into North Weald today
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Two C-54s possibly due into North Weald today
No details on this one I'm afraid but there are two C-54s at Reykjavik that are going to be trying for North Weald today - they're going in there for some filming work. One in MATS colours, one in a more or less bare metal scheme with red stripes.
And no, I can't make it - work have been kind enough already letting me take a long lunch break to catch the Connie on Wednesday, better not push it and ask for another one when I don't even have an ETA...
And no, I can't make it - work have been kind enough already letting me take a long lunch break to catch the Connie on Wednesday, better not push it and ask for another one when I don't even have an ETA...
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Whilst I suppose 2 knackered old aeroplanes landing in England could be seen as " Nostalgia", perhaps it is time for a spotters forum else we get such tosh all day everyday!
Not my idea of nostalgia but then I suppose each to their own.
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Not my idea of nostalgia but then I suppose each to their own.
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Who has control - several weeks I think. Filming for some Berlin airlift programme/film.
Spot - you don't think C-54s qualify as aviation history? To each their own indeed, if you think this is 'spotter tosh' then why bother reading the thread?
Spot - you don't think C-54s qualify as aviation history? To each their own indeed, if you think this is 'spotter tosh' then why bother reading the thread?
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Well, said, Damien; if an old propliner can't get your juices going then what kind of Professional aviation person are you, eh???
Any idea on the routing? If they're coming anywhere near STN I shall be glued to the office windows!!
Any idea on the routing? If they're coming anywhere near STN I shall be glued to the office windows!!
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No idea on routing but I'd think they'd avoid busier airports like the plague.
Just heard only one (the silver/red striped job) managed to get into the air this morning, ETA at North Weald is 17:15ish.
Just heard only one (the silver/red striped job) managed to get into the air this morning, ETA at North Weald is 17:15ish.
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Sorry Spot, I think posting details about aeroplanes of this type transiting the country - and C-54s and Connies are most certainly nostalgic perhaps particularly to many of us who missed their heyday - is definitely relevant.
I might have managed to see the Connie thanks to Damien's timely post - though sadly I couldn't - and I'd love the chance to see the C-54s fly. Reading about them in "Flypast" in a month or so just aint the same as hearing those old radials turning.
Plus - you never know - we might get some nostalgic reminiscences from the people who used to fly such aircraft.
I might have managed to see the Connie thanks to Damien's timely post - though sadly I couldn't - and I'd love the chance to see the C-54s fly. Reading about them in "Flypast" in a month or so just aint the same as hearing those old radials turning.
Plus - you never know - we might get some nostalgic reminiscences from the people who used to fly such aircraft.
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Local as far as I know, so she'll be in the circuit at North Weald if you're leaving STN around that time, hence my confusion as to how you'll manage to see her by looking North!!
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Not my idea of nostalgia but then I suppose each to their own.
Might do the younger generation some good to ponder that it wasn't always possible to cross the atlantic in 7 hours at FL390 !
The DC-4/C-54 with the red stripe is probably this one www.spiritoffreedom.org/. The other one painted in MATS colours is on the airshow circuit in the US. I can't remember who owns it. There are several DC-4's still working for a living in this country, with Buffalo Airways. Sadly, one of them was damaged, probably beyond repair, in a landing accident a couple of weeks ago. 
Go to www.buffaloairways.com/ and click on heavy freight or fire suppression to see the '4s.
A quick comment. If a DC-4 isn't history or nostalgia, I don't know what is.
Go to www.buffaloairways.com/ and click on heavy freight or fire suppression to see the '4s.
A quick comment. If a DC-4 isn't history or nostalgia, I don't know what is.
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pigboat, the DC-4s are not those you suggest, but a couple of resurrected long-time 'desert queens'. I won't post the reggies since the sound of jerking knees would no doubt be deafening. But go here if you're interested.