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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPlanes that changed the world: The Douglas DC-3/C-47/Gooney Bird/Thuh Goon
I have 9.5 hours of Gooney co-pilot time in my official DD form-whatever USAF flight record.
I sat in the right seat so a general (left seat) could log enough monthly hours to keep getting his flight pay.
I raised and lowered the gear and flaps.
He did all the rest.
I think I'm prouder of those hours in a historically important aircraft than the ones I logged in a dozen or so years in the 747.
Here ya go:
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trof
(54,256 posts)Last edited Thu Sep 1, 2016, 07:02 AM - Edit history (1)
Flight was from KC to B'ham.
Lost an engine around Chattanooga (?) and landed at Huntsville, AL.
Rented a car and drove to B'ham.
Fun.
Kaleva
(36,294 posts)had you flown a couple of years earlier.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,324 posts)Kaleva
(36,294 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)I always thought the Super Connie was the ultimate "game changer" of the prop world, but my knowledge of aviation doesn't really go earlier than the 1950s...
I am surprised American was the launch customer and not TWA...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-3