C47 Drag-em-oot visits North Weald
Thu Sep 05, 2013 6:51 am
C47 Drag-em-oot flew in to North Weald from East Kirkby on Tuesday for fuel. It later departed for Cherbourg in France. I was working the radio in the Tower when it departed, giving us a spectacular low pass on its way out to the south east.
Re: C47 Drag-em-oot visits North Weald
Fri Sep 06, 2013 8:16 pm
Awesome pics, glad you shared.
Re: C47 Drag-em-oot visits North Weald
Sun Sep 08, 2013 7:15 pm
Thank you for posting the photos of this ol' gal, who has an interesting history.
Re: C47 Drag-em-oot visits North Weald
Tue Sep 10, 2013 11:11 am
You gotta luv he C-47! thanks for the very nice set of photos.
Re: C47 Drag-em-oot visits North Weald
Wed Sep 11, 2013 5:59 am
Nice catch!
Is there any activity on one of the DC-4s? It appears to have moved away from her sister since I last visited "the Weald"
Regards
Aerovet
Is there any activity on one of the DC-4s? It appears to have moved away from her sister since I last visited "the Weald"
Regards
Aerovet
Re: C47 Drag-em-oot visits North Weald
Wed Sep 11, 2013 5:11 pm
The intention is to get the MATS C54 into taxying condition, but working is progressing slowly. It was moved from its normal parking space to allow Greenpeace to assemble a giant Polar Bear, which can be seen in the early stages of assembly next to the hangar.
It is a carnival float and here is a picture of the team taking it for a walk. Its head, jaws and legs are articulated. Each leg needs two people to lift it so there is a fair amount of choreography required to move the beast around. It is steered from a platform at the rear.
The C54 does look great on the ramp!
It is a carnival float and here is a picture of the team taking it for a walk. Its head, jaws and legs are articulated. Each leg needs two people to lift it so there is a fair amount of choreography required to move the beast around. It is steered from a platform at the rear.
The C54 does look great on the ramp!