heres a chance to own a great plane and the price is outstanding as well
a piece of history on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0244737479
DC3 for sale, (own a piece of history)
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canwhitewolf
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DC3 for sale, (own a piece of history)
the hegelian dialectic. present a problem see reaction offer solution
think about it
think about it
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Chuck Ellsworth
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Re: DC3 for sale, (own a piece of history)
First thing to take into consideration is it will cost you $500.00 per hour for fuel and oil to fly it.
The most difficult thing about flying is knowing when to say no.
After over a half a century of flying I can not remember even one trip that I refused to do that resulted in someone getting killed because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying I can not remember even one trip that I refused to do that resulted in someone getting killed because of my decision not to fly.
Re: DC3 for sale, (own a piece of history)
I hate to rain on your parade, but someone else was bored yesterday and cruising ebay:
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... 54&t=42769
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... 54&t=42769
Some people are like slinkies: Not much good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
Re: DC3 for sale, (own a piece of history)
I spotted that. Not a bad price. You can spend more on a nice J3. But, you could afford to feed a J3..LOL. But still, it'd be really a kewl thing to have. You could live in it at the airport. Use it as a flying whorehouse. Can I say whorehouse? Of course I can. Get a bunch of folks together, and just have it as a pet? Lease it to somebody who operates them......
Re: DC3 for sale, (own a piece of history)
I was at Geneseo, NY on the weekend, and they had
a DC-3 and a C-47 in the hangar, a Beech 18 parked
in front of the hangar was ready to go, and a B-17 was
doing touch & goes on the grass runway
It's not just money that it takes to keep these things
flying. It's hours and hours of hard work and arcane
knowledge gained over many years. You need a whole
support group (of probably volunteers) to keep an
old airplane like this operating.
Most people probably wouldn't believe how many hours
of ground labour are required for each hour of flight.
a DC-3 and a C-47 in the hangar, a Beech 18 parked
in front of the hangar was ready to go, and a B-17 was
doing touch & goes on the grass runway
It's not just money that it takes to keep these things
flying. It's hours and hours of hard work and arcane
knowledge gained over many years. You need a whole
support group (of probably volunteers) to keep an
old airplane like this operating.
Most people probably wouldn't believe how many hours
of ground labour are required for each hour of flight.
Re: DC3 for sale, (own a piece of history)
especially with over 50,000 hours on the airframe.
Re: DC3 for sale, (own a piece of history)
I've always had a dream of operating a flying whorehouse. On floats of course. 
When a pilot makes a mistake...the pilot dies.
When an air traffic contoller makes a mistake...the pilot dies.
When an air traffic contoller makes a mistake...the pilot dies.
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linecrew
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Re: DC3 for sale, (own a piece of history)
For that price, buy it, fly it home, sell the engines, sell the remaining AVGAS to the local hotrod club, cut the wings off of it and turn it in to the coolest winnebago on the block!
...you could even use some of the parts you cut off, like wing tips, to make cool office furniture to sell on Ebay and recoup even MORE money. you can't lose here!!
You say yuo can't afford the gas at the current prices? Well then turn it into a house! At $50G's it's a steal!! The trusty Janitrol will keep you toasty warm all winter long!
...you could even use some of the parts you cut off, like wing tips, to make cool office furniture to sell on Ebay and recoup even MORE money. you can't lose here!!
You say yuo can't afford the gas at the current prices? Well then turn it into a house! At $50G's it's a steal!! The trusty Janitrol will keep you toasty warm all winter long!
Re: DC3 for sale, (own a piece of history)
Would be neat to have the stubwings and engines; props turning, with the sheriff in hot pursuit
