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Eastern DC-7 N836D at Opa Locka, FL

Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:14 pm

Just received in my mail-box, fresh photos of the Eastern DC-7 N836D at Opa Locka, FL

Check them out:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65309169@N00/sets/72157601700458029/

Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:34 pm

My first airliner ride was in a Braniff DC-7. I remember watching those things do their run up at night. What a sight.

Re: Eastern DC-7 N836D at Opa Locka, FL

Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:31 pm

a26invader wrote:Just received in my mail-box, fresh photos of the Eastern DC-7 N836D at Opa Locka, FL


Thanks for the link to the shots! Nice to see the classic Eastern Air Lines markings being painted on the DC-7B. Hopefully this is an indication that the structural and mechanical work is progressing also. I can't wait to see and hear this beauty in the air.

Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:30 pm

More photos uploaded today, taken on Monday September 3rd.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65309169@N00/sets/72157601700458029/

Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:18 am

Is this the 7 that came from St. Paul a few years ago? If so I did some minor work on it about 30 years ago. I also watched the owner put about 50 or 100 gallons of gas in her an run the engines. The wing leading edges would be covered with oil, and a lot of mosquitos would be killed from the clouds of smoke. The intertior was in beautiful shape, just like a time capsule.

Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:47 am

b29flteng wrote:Is this the 7 that came from St. Paul a few years ago? If so I did some minor work on it about 30 years ago. I also watched the owner put about 50 or 100 gallons of gas in her an run the engines. The wing leading edges would be covered with oil, and a lot of mosquitos would be killed from the clouds of smoke. The intertior was in beautiful shape, just like a time capsule.


That's the one. It seems like it may be 2 or 3 years now since its last flight from St. Paul, MN down to Florida.

Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:59 pm

He's got another 7 as well. Painted in American Airlines colors.

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