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Historic plane crashes at Texas airport; 13 passengers onboard survive
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| 07/21/2018
| Kathleen Joyce
Posted on 07/21/2018 1:31:09 PM PDT by DFG
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:31:09 PM PDT
by
DFG
To: DFG
Oh man, one of my favorite planes. I love cargo planes.
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:33:58 PM PDT
by
BBell
(Antifa are like house cats. One squirt from a squirt bottle and they scatter.)
To: DFG
Isn’t that what the GI’s used to call a gooney bird?
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:36:03 PM PDT
by
Spok
("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho) to sun spot6)
To: BBell
Oh man, one of my favorite planes. I love cargo planes.
Yup, the C-47 and the civilian passenger version DC-3 were the planes that began the modern er of flight. I watched the video and its my guess the pilot didnt know what the hell he was doing.
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:38:32 PM PDT
by
snoringbear
(W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
To: DFG
Burnet is right up the road from me. Ive landed at that airport many times. Its right off highway 281 and the local chapter of The Commemerative Air Force has a nice collection of war planes.
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:39:42 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
To: DFG
Hate to see the loss of a C-47. My dad flew The Hump in these circa 1943.
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:40:16 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
To: DFG
That is the pits. Used to love hearing the engines start and idle on those birds. Flew in one from El Toro, CA to Fallon, NV. Was somewhat relieved when we got there, flying in an antique, so to speak.
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:40:55 PM PDT
by
doorgunner69
(Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
To: Spok
“Gooney Bird” or “Dakota” or “Puff The Magic Dragon”.
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:42:21 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Splodeyhead is the only cure for MAGAphobia)
To: snoringbear
They are rugged as hell. Looks like he didn’t have enough air speed to fly.
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:42:40 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneoHis hottie wife deserves so much better than him.)
To: TADSLOS
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:45:28 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: DFG
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:46:56 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneoHis hottie wife deserves so much better than him.)
To: DFG
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:48:00 PM PDT
by
BBell
(Antifa are like house cats. One squirt from a squirt bottle and they scatter.)
To: TADSLOS
You misspelled Confederate.....
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:48:18 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(no spelchek, no problem...)
To: Bonemaker
Hot day, reduced lift. Overloaded. Rotated to early. Some combination of above.
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:48:56 PM PDT
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
To: BBell
C-47s carried most of the paratroopers into Europe on D Day. Prayers for those injured! So sad to hear it crashed. Perhaps it can be refurbished. Those old planes have a legacy that needs preserving.
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:50:22 PM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me!)
To: DFG
Just like cars. They dont make like they used to.
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:50:26 PM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: DFG
Back in the early 60s, I used to sit in my parents pasture and watch planes from Eglin. Most of them were military jets but there were regular flights of DC-3s. They were flying from Eglin to Atlanta or the opposite.
Southern Airlines had a terminal on Eglin. I never went inside but it was an old WWII era wooden building. Next to it was a snack shop, also in one of those old buildings.
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:50:51 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: DFG
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:51:28 PM PDT
by
GOYAKLA
To: DariusBane
Yes, local word is heat vs. slow lift off or engine trouble.
And video of smoke - https://www.facebook.com/594696780573912/videos/1883996211643956/
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:52:46 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: DariusBane
Hot day, reduced lift. Overloaded. Rotated to early. Some combination of above.
Or maybe the pilot just spilled his hot MacDonalds coffee In His lap.
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posted on
07/21/2018 1:54:04 PM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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