BAA BAA Black Sheep DC-3

[Jerry O'Neill]

I was watching my DVD of the series "BAA BAA Black Sheep" and started to wonder who's DC-3 did they use for the production?
It always seemed funny to me seeing that white & silver DC-3 operating in the combat zone. (I guess Indian Dunes really wasn't a "Combat Zone! "
Jerry

...with a right-hand airstair door, no less.

[Jerry O'Neill]

Right Hand AND a Left Hand door! Might have been two different DC-3's.
Jerry

That should narrow it down considerably!!

[corsair166b]

Any word on when Vol . 2 of Black sheep is coming out? Looks like the French have Vols. 2 AND 3 already....what, the series something special over there or something?

M

[corsairboss]

Robert Conrad spends Alot of time in France...and the other volumes are coming soon.

[Elroy13]

There is a Black Sheep link at the top. There is some cool info!

http://www.caf-corsair.com/

[Dan Newcomb]

Every day that I drive down to Camarillo I pass by Indian Dunes. Back in the good old days when I first got my ticket they were making Black Sheep. I used to see the Corsairs parked on the ramp at Chino. The runway at Indian Dunes is long gone but a small hangar is still there. The land is now under cultivation. By the way the infamous Twilight Zone Movie Vick Morrow v Huey occurred in the same area. I am afraid houses will soon cover most of this land.

Dan

[rwdfresno]

Every day that I drive down to Camarillo I pass by Indian Dunes. Back in the good old days when I first got my ticket they were making Black Sheep. I used to see the Corsairs parked on the ramp at Chino. The runway at Indian Dunes is long gone but a small hangar is still there. The land is now under cultivation. By the way the infamous Twilight Zone Movie Vick Morrow v Huey occurred in the same area. I am afraid houses will soon cover most of this land.

I remember for years there were the Quonset huts that they used but they were torn down many years ago now.

[Craig59]

This same DC-3 used to spend a lot of time tied down at Long Beach Airport at Aircraft Associates on Spring Street. I pumped avgas there for a time during the period "Blacksheep" was on TV. Wish I'd taken a picture or two of it but I didn't.

[Dan Newcomb]

Back in 1977 I flew my little 150 to Chino and found a couple of Black Sheep on the ramp.

[duanefriedlund]

My father flew his DC-3 on the show. He also had a C-46 he restored. He was killed flying a DC-3 to Hawaii in 1979.

[Jiggersfromsphilly]

Its a shame that they didn't paint the Corsairs in the faded blues like they would have worn in the theater of opps. That gloss blue looked so out of place.

[Cripes]

That looks like John Schafhausen's -7. He was a real WWII Naval fighter pilot and great guy.

[Pat]

Any word on when Vol . 2 of Black sheep is coming out? Looks like the French have Vols. 2 AND 3 already....what, the series something special over there or something?

M

I heard that the Vol. 2 DVD set will be released July 3.

-Pat