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Originally Posted by Wardbird
I enjoyed the off topic video of the Ford Tri-Motor. I have seen a couple fly, but have never flown one. I did fly several DC3's and a Beech 17 quite a few times. Loved the old radials. I once worked for an organization that searched the world for WWI-Korean Vintage warbirds, we would recover them, bring them back to the states and rebuilt them to fly.
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Thanks, I appreciate that very much. That job sounds awesome. Those restorations are such a gift and so cool as a glimpse into history.
Flying a DC-3 is on my bucket list and getting a chance to ride the Tri-Motor was amazing. Those radials are sweet indeed and there's nothing like the sound.
American's first C.R. Smith Museum theater film
Dream of Flight has a nice DC-3 startup, takeoff, and flyby starting at 2:30 in. While sappy here and there and arguably just a 15-minute commercial, it's fun for avgeeks to watch. If you like that one, also check out its successor
Spirit of American, which has DC-3 and DC-6 scenes including the -6 in formation with an MD-80 and 757.
I was at AA 1987-2001 and had the privilege of working on the latter film.