DC7 Tanker take off

[Drew99GT]

What a great old bird. Massive radial engine symphony! Taking off to drop fire retardant in California this week.

 

[Malo83]

Love those old recips, we have an Air Attack Base here at our airport, when I was growing up we would ride out and watch all those old planes come and go when fighting a fire, fF7F's, TBM's, C-119's, B-17's, P2V's and the list goes on

 

[OneEyeJack]

More ?

 

[HerrStig]

Be nice to see on of those crates with a turboprop conversion such as is done to DC3/C47s. It would, I suspect, increase the chances of a "good landing".

 

[expat]

Huh,
We have had one these flying over our house this last week.

http://www.martinmars.com/

 

[R80RS]

Originally Posted By: Malo83
Love those old recips,..... C-119's .... and the list goes on

I lived near Mitchell Field in Milwaukee as a kid, and I remember seeing C-119's all the time. The Flying Boxcar.

 

[Drew99GT]

Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Be nice to see on of those crates with a turboprop conversion such as is done to DC3/C47s. It would, I suspect, increase the chances of a "good landing".


Indeed. I guess there are enough serviceable;e Lockheed Electras which are comparable to the DC-7 but originally came with turboprops, for firefighting.

 

[Lapham3]

We had the C-119 A/C in Minneapolis, too. I can't think that maintaining those old radials is easy/economical these days, but love to hear them flying around.