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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2003, 09:49:05 AM »
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some dc-3's still poking around, I think :)


FAF out phased DC3s in 1981!

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« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2003, 10:25:11 AM »
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FAF out phased DC3s in 1981!


Last DC-3s in FAF service retired in 1984.
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Offline john9001

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« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2003, 10:25:27 AM »
some small cargo/pass air carriers still use DC3's , cheap, reliable,can use short unimproved runways.

i think the cuban airline plane that was just hijacked to the US is a DC3.

Offline Leslie

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« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2003, 12:15:40 PM »
Haven't heard about that John.  When did that happen?


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