My wife and visited the Shell Creek Airport on April 25, 2008 while traveling to Tampa. I have always observed DC3 aircraft while using Google Earth to check out the airport. Shell Creek is located about 6 miles northeast of the Port Charlotte Airport (Punta Gorda, FL). Using my Garmin and coordinates noted from Google Earth we arrived perfectly.
After pulling into the first drive I came to I was greeted by none other than the legendary pilot Frank Moss. Having heard many stories about Mr. Moss it was a pleasure to meet him. Being from Miami Tower we discussed briefly departures procedures from Opa Locka Airport where Moss still flies DC6 and DC7 aircraft.
The following pictures all came from Shell Creek during the visit. The Lockheed 12 is owned by Moss and being made ready for an appearance in a upcoming movie about Amelia Earhart.
The broken up yellow DC3 once belonged to John Travolta. Enjoy!
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