Photo Album C-47 42-92277

[coastdef]

I wanted to share a small selection of photos of the C-47 operated by the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team in Frederick, Oklahoma. You can find a very complete history of this plane at:

http://www.wwiiadt.com/C47/Boogie%20Baby.htm

















We are a 501c3 non-profit, and fly on a monthly basis in Frederick. We will be making more appearances at air shows in our region in the coming years. We are also offering opportunity to not only to take a flight with us, but actually be on board for a parachute jump. Please see our website for details:

www.wwiiadt.org

Thanks,

Andy

[mustangdriver]

Awsome pics. She looks pretty stock.

[AIRIC]

Very nice.

Eric

[daveymac82c]

Right on! The plane looks beautiful!

-David

[coastdef]

She is very original; apparently none of the previous owners felt the need to do things like removing the navigators station and the like. Here are a couple of links to video clips, one running up on the ground, and the other of a low pass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJzuNnDg1WU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62UP6QGRU8U

Andy

Awsome pics. She looks pretty stock.

[mustangdriver]

Awsome stuff man, thanks

[coastdef]

I recently had a great chance to take some some pictures of the C-47 and the ADT HQ. One of our members, Dave Brothers, is training to take a pilot in command check ride for the C-47. I went along for the ride as the crew chief.


Boogie Baby on the ramp.


Head on view of Boogie.


View of the cockpit.


Dave Brothers flying left seat.


Ray Cunningham (WWII ADT Aviation Commander) in the right seat for a change!


Takeoff take teamwork from both!


View of the former Frederick Army Air Field, home of the WWII ADT.


WWII hanger housing the ADT HQ. This was built in 1943 as a "temporary" building!


Closer view of the ADT HQ hanger.

To see how you can support this great airplane, check out our website, www.wwiiadt.org. We are always looking for volunteers who would like to help with the maintenance of the airplane!

Regards,

Andy

[mustangdriver]

God, I would love to go tooling around in a C-47.

[Second Air Force]

Andy, thanks for sharing the photos, especially the aerial shots of the field and hangar. For the uninitiated, that hangar was Sub-Depot Maintenance where big jobs were undertaken. The smaller building is the Machine Shop--this building is one of a few of it's kind still standing. They are both made almost entirely of wood, and it is great that you folks are preserving them as well as the Airborne history of the U.S. Army.

Scott

[gilt]

Scott-

The Sub-Depot hangar is still standing at RDG, unfortunately it has been left to rot since Reading Aviation went out of business and will soon disappear. I think the smaller buildings at Frederick were hangars for single-engine maint not machine shops, the long gone machine shops at RDG did not have hangar doors, nor have I seen such at other sub-depots.

Tom-

[coastdef]

I'll check the plans for the airfield to confirm, but my recollection is that the plans indicate the smaller building in the pictures, next to the sub-depot hanger was a sheet metal/welding/machine shop. As a side note, we actually have a fair number of the original construction blueprints for the airfield buildings. I haven't gotten them all inventoried yet, and they aren't in the best of shape, but they are still good to have for reference.

Andy

Scott-

The Sub-Depot hangar is still standing at RDG, unfortunately it has been left to rot since Reading Aviation went out of business and will soon disappear. I think the smaller buildings at Frederick were hangars for single-engine maint not machine shops, the long gone machine shops at RDG did not have hangar doors, nor have I seen such at other sub-depots.

Tom-