Working Warbirds ?

skybolt2003 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:34 pm

jet1 wrote:

aseanaero wrote:

A Skyraider would be a cool cropduster

loose LOTS of money fast....not to mention the OIL pollution you would sling out on the plants

yeah, but the side benefits-not a living mosquito in miles . . .

aseanaero · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:28 am

Is it true that DC3s can't carry paying passengers in the USA now ? Do they still do cargo ?

I'm not talking about warbird rides

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:30 am

I'm not sure if they're still using them, but up until recently Stinson L-5s were still in use in Italy as glider tugs.

http://www.baskerville.it/flynet/aeromedia/lb73.html

Ryan

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11336

aseanaero wrote:

Is it true that DC3s can't carry paying passengers in the USA now ? Do they still do cargo ?

Yes, there are two in Long Beach, California USA that do daily flights to Catalina Island.

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The Catalina operation moves approximately 5 million pounds of freight per year and consists of UPS, US Mail, FedEx, DHL, FedEx Ground and general freight.

http://catalinaflyingboats.com/

cozmo · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:27 pm

Catalinaflyingboats have some nice looking airplanes. Is Mustang Sally for the small packages that have to be there really quick?

Would that make it a working warbird?

Went to the catalinaflyingboats site looking for a Catalina flying Boat. All I found were some boats that flew to Catalina.

chris hill · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:06 pm

if you count movie work as working warbirds the planes of fame aircraft has done alot of work

jspitfire · **Joined:** Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:55 pm **Posts:** 27

Buffalo Airways still does the daily sked passenger flight from Yellowknife to Hay River in the DC-3. They also do a daily cargo flight in one of their two C-46s. Haven't seen any DC-4 action in Yellowknife for the past year or so, apparently they will be phased out by 2010 with the 2 Electra's replacing them.

Pacific Coastal still operates 4 Grumman Goose planes along the coast of British Columbia as well.

Ethan · **Posted:** Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:59 am

I thought that catalina flying boats just flew cargo?

bdk wrote:

aseanaero wrote:

Is it true that DC3s can't carry paying passengers in the USA now ? Do they still do cargo ?

Yes, there are two in Long Beach, California USA that do daily flights to Catalina Island.

Quote:

The Catalina operation moves approximately 5 million pounds of freight per year and consists of UPS, US Mail, FedEx, DHL, FedEx Ground and general freight.

http://catalinaflyingboats.com/

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