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If like 50 of us chip in we could time share it :icon_mrgreen: We could load it up w/ GS500's and tour the globe :laugh:
funny thing is, someone has to go to climax to pick it up, lol it would fit, on my property, hwever, my "runway" is geared for ultralights :mad: ahhh well i dont have 90k either :laugh: nor a pilots liscense :thumb:
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 11, 2008, 07:52:06 PM
my "runway" is geared for ultralights i dont have 90k either nor a pilots liscense :thumb:
I think you need to revise your Christmas wish list!
i know, but one could always dream tho , im pretty sure my grandfather built that airplane. i would have to see the numbers on it to confirm
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 11, 2008, 08:30:51 PM
i know, but one could always dream tho , im pretty sure my grandfather built that airplane. i would have to see the numbers on it to confirm
That would negate everything! If he built it, you would have to get it. How cool would that be!?
but it would be something i couldnt use. lol 1 i cannot aford a pilot, and 2, heh i couldnt fly it legally :mad: and 3 i couldnt afford to rent a hangar, or for a person to maintain it :laugh:
Damn, they just keep piling up! :laugh:
but whomever get this old bird, they will love it :thumb:
Damn my grandfather DID build this bird
found some more info ( from auction questions)
Greetings! She's a beauty Here's a little more sizzle regarding her military service: c/n18984 C47A-65-DL USAAF s/n 42-100521 D/D 11/02/43 U S Army Air Force Inv 8th AAF 7JAN44 (Rec'd prior to assgnmt to 9th AF) MISSION: ALBANY Chalk #38 Serial 10 (101st Abn Div)(79TCS//436TCG) (right wing to LtCol Kreyssler leading --dropped 377th Parachute Field Artillery Bn//326AbnMed) Ret US 22JUL45 42-100521 10/22/45 TFD Reconstruction Finance Corp. NC65384 06/05/47 S/T Northeast AL N45V 04/26/48 S/T Piedmont AL N45V 02/28/62 S/T Charlotte Aircraft Inc. 18984 03/05/63 S/T French Navy F-YGJA used as call sign F-YGGF used as call sign 18984 05/??/85 WFU stored at Nimes-Garons, France N98BF 09/12/85 S/T Basler Flight Services N98BF 11/04/85 S/T Int'l. Charters N308SF 12/??/85 S/T Skyfreighters Corp. J8-I "KILROY WAS HERE" ??92TCS/439TCG Model decal collection?? "Kilroy" aslo referenced in recent OSPREY C-47/R4D book. Dave Berry PFHISTCONSULTANT@aol.com
and this one, my grandfather told me about this "mr pruitt" in the mid 80's :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: damn, i wish teh money were available lol :mad:, ahhh well, ive got the B&W photos of teh bird O0
I worked for Piedmont for 30 years and have sent this page to some of the PAI pilots who flew this a/c. There is a book of DC3 accidents which contains this story: "...one of the interesting investigations included in this massive digital document is the factual tale of Mr. Oren A. Pruitt, a passenger who fell to his death through the main cabin door on Piedmont Airlines DC-3 N45V. While cruising at an altitude of 6,500 feet, Mr. Pruitt had an unexpected surprise as he waited for the lavatory to become available. After finding the primary lavatory occupied, Mr. Pruitt, who was on his honeymoon and had been drinking, apparently attempted to use the alternative lavatory. Witness state they heard a sudden rush of wind after Mr. Pruitt opened the main cabin door and observed Mr. Pruitt attempting to hold on to the door frame as he fell out of the plane to his death." This happened somewhere over the Shenandoah Valley. Doors were modified after that to not be accidentally opened.