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What a great video! WWII C-47 vet flies his old plane again just days before he died.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN9h_zdDCGk
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Wonderful video, beautifully shot. I teared up at the end.

My father was in the 12th Troop Carrier Squadron during the invasions of North Africa and Sicily. Someday I have to go up in a C-47 to get at least a tiny hint of his experience.
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Hamilton H-37500 wrote:
Someday I have to go up in a C-47 to get at least a tiny hint of his experience.


Luckily not that difficult, or expensive, to do.
I know the Historic Flight Foundation out of Everett does DC-3/C-47 flights.

Might I also suggest getting a USAAF/USAF C-47 "Dash-1" pilot's operating handbook...I have my late father's and it interesting to read all the things he had to know....

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Hamilton H-37500 wrote:
Wonderful video, beautifully shot. I teared up at the end.

My father was in the 12th Troop Carrier Squadron during the invasions of North Africa and Sicily. Someday I have to go up in a C-47 to get at least a tiny hint of his experience.


If you are in the New York area the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale has a great D-Day reenactment flight....http://americanairpowermuseum.com/hours ... experience
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