Columbian DC-3 Airline

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11-23-2012, 07:05 PM

threeighteen

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Columbian DC-3 Airline

Found this through another video linked on here, not sure if its a repost, but a neat video on how airlines "work" down south. I think the part that got me was the pouring of fuel into the tanks from the bucket.

The daredevil pilots of Colombia - YouTube

11-24-2012, 08:24 AM

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Cool vid, thanks for sharing!

11-24-2012, 08:32 AM

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I spent a good 6 months in that very town, Villavicencio. Very interesting scene down there. Lots of DC-3s with the turboprop conversion, and also lots still with the radial engines. The Colombian Air Force operates some DC-3s converted into gunships (AC-47) and the National Police also have DC-3s and one broke apart while taxiing in Colombia because a policeman onboard mishandled a grenade. Also, the Bogota airport (SKAP, above 8000ft elevation) requires any DC-3s landing there to have the turboprop conversion.

11-24-2012, 08:38 AM

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Awesome. I can only imagine the experience. I would much rather fly DC-3s in to back country strips all year than push buttons in a jet, and just the atmosphere of being around them is sometimes enough. Flying history.

11-24-2012, 09:16 AM

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Yeah, sometimes it was kind of like stepping in a time machine, and I also saw 737-200s in Bogota and I even saw a 727 once, and this was only 4 years ago!

And I gave this Colombian Air Force crew member a ride in my truck and I asked him if he was flying an E model C-130, and he said "no, A model"

11-24-2012, 12:58 PM

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I think this is the plan of many aspiring aviators. My plan was to fly awesome stuff out of awesome places as well. Turns out that after a wife, a kid, a house and an established life that I find it much more lucrative to push buttons in a jet.

Another dream shattered.

11-24-2012, 01:37 PM

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If that's a bad storm, I don't think I could take a good day.

11-24-2012, 10:01 PM

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Not looking forward to the day where I feel the same way, though I'm sure its out there somewhere.

11-25-2012, 04:35 AM

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Awesome video.

11-25-2012, 05:05 AM

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I hit both the lost dream and the dream attained. Aviation seems to do that often. I doubt I'll ever get to be a Bush pilot in Alaska, Australia, or Africa. Though I may have the opportunity to fly large cabin International in the future, my desires have changed and I'm not even sure if I want to anymore. Times change, that much is for sure