Dakota over Ascot
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Dakota over Ascot
Smartly presented C47 in American markings , full Invasion stripes flew over North Ascot/Ascot race course at 1125 am today Sunday have you Spotters and movement followers any clues? Thanks .
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Thank you all, I realise I must have been mistaken about the America markings just saw the invasion stripes and assumed it had them, also the eyes misted up seeing and hearing a Dak flying again after all these years.
Still I'm lucky I had a 2hr flight in a C.A.F. Dak in Texas about 8 years ago
oh joy.
Still I'm lucky I had a 2hr flight in a C.A.F. Dak in Texas about 8 years ago
oh joy.
It was re-registered ZA947, was almost written off after a main gear failure in about 1990 but was repaired.
Lined up for departure from runway 07, the crew reported they had a problem and were shutting down and vacating the aircraft, however before the props stopped, the left main gear collapsed allowing the still turning prop to contact the surface. It broke off at the reduction gear and bounced up, hitting the fuselage neatly in the middle of the forward escape hatch, the crew fortunately choosing to leave via the main door (someone told me the escape hatch had been sealed and could not be used anyway). The skin on the upper wing surface was badly wrinkled because the wingtip was left resting on the ground. As ATC Supervisor that afternoon, it was my duty to go down and inspect it!!
Transferred to BBMF when RAE Transport Flight disbanded in the early '90s.
Last edited by chevvron; 10th May 2016 at 20:09.