Spooky...

Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:12 am

I drove around the Bassler Conversions place in Oshkosh today, and I could see from the street, a SE Asia pattern (but shiny) camouflaged C-47.

It turned out to be "Spooky," so do you guys know if the airplane is undergoing maintenance?

I seem to recall it had engine problems in the last year or so.

Saludos,

Tulio

Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:29 am

There was an article in the recent Twin and Turbine magazine about Baseler and they stated in one of the photo captions that it was purchased for turbine conversion. I am not sure if that is true or not, and I meant to post on here and ask, but just forgot.

Anybody else know more?

Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:03 am

OH crap dont tell me they sold it!!! One of those guys was a Wixer.

Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:08 am

Tim Savage wrote:There was an article in the recent Twin and Turbine magazine about Baseler and they stated in one of the photo captions that it was purchased for turbine conversion. I am not sure if that is true or not, and I meant to post on here and ask, but just forgot.

Anybody else know more?

I really hope thats not true that would freankin suck! Yeah one of the crew is a wixer. Havent heard from him in awhile though.

Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:42 am

The "AC-47" photographed by Tulio at OSH is N88874, tail code "EN 847". This aircraft was registered to Basler Turbo Conversions LLC on 12/03/2008. It was formerly registered to Randsburg Corporation of WI. Photos of N88874 can be found at:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Douglas- ... 1268260/L/
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Douglas- ... 0581096/L/

At least two other flying DC-3s/C-47s are painted as AC-47 gunships:

N2805J tail code "EN 770" owned by American Flight Museum of Topeka, Kansas
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Douglas- ... 1044362/L/
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Douglas- ... 0922080/L/

N514AC tail code "EN 927" registered to Robert P. Harper III of Los Fresnos, Texas
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Douglas- ... 1420832/L/
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Douglas- ... 1412565/L/

N2805J is scheduled to appear at the Yankee Air Museum's "Thunder Over Michigan" on July 18-19 at Willow Run Airport near Detroit, Michigan.
http://www.yankeeairmuseum.org/airshow/aircraft.htm

Hope this helps!

Todd