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10 viewsAirline: EasternType: DC-3Registration: N18121Airport: SQICity: Rock FallsState: IllinoisCountry: USADate Taken: July 24, 2010Stunningly restored in period Eastern colors this DC-3 arrives with gazing eyes at 4:19 pm.
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8 viewsType: DC-3Registration: N5106XAirport: SQICity: Rock FallsState: IllinoisCountry: USADate Taken: July 25, 2010One of the many aircraft participating in "The Last Time" gathering marking the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the DC3.
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6 viewsType: DC-3 C-47Registration: N47SJ 348608Airport: SQICity: Rock FallsState: IllinoisCountry: USADate Taken: JULY 25, 2010One of the many aircraft participating in "The Last Time" gathering marking the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the DC3.
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10 viewsAirline: Canadian WarplaneType: DC-3Registration: C-GDAKAirport: SQICity: Rock FallsState: IllinoisCountry: USADate Taken: July 25th, 2010Canadian Warplane Heritage's DC-3 represents a Dakota of 436 Squadron in the WWII Burma theatre. "Canucks Unlimited". This venerable DC-3 has over 81000 hours.
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6 viewsAirline: PiedmontType: DC-3Registration: N44VAirport: SQICity: Rock FallsState: IllinoisCountry: USADate Taken: July 25, 2010In April of 2010 the Carolina Aviation Museum moved into a few facility at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport at 4672 First Flight Drive, Charlotte, NC 28208. The Carolinas Aviation Museum displays a collection of over 50 static aircraft, and a wealth of smaller historic items related to aviation in the North & South Carolinas.
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12 viewsAirline: Seattle Museum of Flight - based VNYType: DC-2Registration: NC13711Airport: SQICity: Rock FallsState: IllinoisCountry: USADate Taken: July 26, 2010A special visitor to "The Last Time" was TWA DC-2 piloted by Clay Lacy. This Douglas DC-2 is one of only two examples remaining in the world. The aircraft has a MGTOW of only 19,200 pounds, and is flown normally around 14,000 pounds. It holds 600 gallons of fuel, and can remain airborne for almost 8 hours. The aircraft has rarely been seen in flight at any airshows since 1985, and has never been to Oshkosh for AirVenture.
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18 viewsAirline: FedexType: MD-11Registration: N598FEAirport: ANCCity: AnchorageState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 8, 2010Originally delivered to American airlines in 1993 as N1766A and purchased by Fedex in 2002.
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13 viewsAirline: Era AviationType: Bombardier Dash 8-102Registration: N882EAAirport: ANCCity: AnchorageState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 10, 2010With the crosswinds this Dash 8 makes some last second corrections before landing.
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16 viewsAirline: Conair Type: General Dynamics Convair 580Registration: C-FKFAAirport: PAQCity: PalmerState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 9, 2010Conair sold several DC-6's to Everts in Alaska and still has a few active alongside a fleet of Convair 580 turboprops. Conair is a Canadian based company and has a contract to base an aircraft at Palmer and Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
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7 viewsAirline: Northern Air CargoType: Boeing 737-200Registration: N322DLAirport: ANCCity: AnchorageState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 8, 2010Flying strictly cargo with the original Delta airlines 1984 delivery registration. Northern Air once flew the largest DC-6 fleet in the world up until their removal in 2008 and now just a fleet of three 737-200's and a sole ATR-42 comprise the fleet. Aquired in April 2006 by NAC.
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11 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Lining up for the 11,800 foot runway 2L at Fairbanks. A far cry from the short gravel strip we departed from at Shungnak!
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11 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Brooks Fuel keeps a clean aircraft. Now becoming the world's only DC-4 cargo company Brooks' has aquired several airframes with N3054V seen of the wing which is stricly a cargo ship. We sit letting the engines warm up just before our fuel flight to Shungnak.
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12 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Brooks Fuel delivers petroleum products to rural communities and miners using the Douglas DC-4 Skymasters. Currently with aircraft N96358 used for fuel hauling and N3054V as a cargo ship. Brooks Fuel has been in business since 1986.
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12 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: N/ACity: Yukon-Koyukuk territory State: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Typical view from the left seat of the Skymaster's flight deck. Trucking along with 3,400 gallons of unleaded gasoline at 6,500 feet AGL as we pass mountain peaks of up to 5,000 feet. Temperature at our departure from Fairbanks was about 60 degrees Fahrenheit but our destination of Shungnak 1.5 hours Northwest was reading 43 degrees.
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9 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: SGHCity: ShungnakState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Using an 6 inch diameter hose tied in with a small mower type engine we pump the 3,400 gallons into the waiting truck. The truck holds roughly 2,000 gallons and we had to wait 15 minutes for him to drop off the unleaded fuel and return for the rest. The pump and hoses go with the airplane.
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6 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Taking a break is the Brooks DC-4 while a tanker truck fills with its cargo of unleaded fuel. Brooks takes pride in keeping his aircraft clean and it shows.
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4 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Taking on roughly 3,400 gallons of 87 octane unleaded fuel from the Alaska Aerofuel Inc. tanker truck. Next stop Shungnak Alaska!
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6 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010View showing the typical heating system used to warm up the radial engines before a flight. In colder temps the addition of engine inlet covers would be installed which closes the front except for the hose.
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6 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: N/ACity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Lumbering skyward between the mountain ranges surrounding Fairbanks airport we are greated with a warm sunny flying day in Alaska.
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6 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Settling down on runway 2 left after a smooth flight from Shungnak. This DC-4 has proven itself now for over 60 years. I actually shot photos and video of this aircraft during Florida's forest fires in 1998 at Lake City.
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6 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Brooks Fuel delivers petroleum products to rural communities and miners using the Douglas DC-4 Skymaster N96358. The other DC-4 N3054V is used strictly as a cargo ship. Brooks Fuel has been in business since 1986. Both aircraft are still in the paint scheme of their previous owner Aero Flight who used them as forestry airtankers to slow fire advancement.
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6 viewsAirline: Everts Air CargoType: Curtiss C-46 CommandoRegistration: N7848BAirport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 12, 2010Everts has two C-46 cargo aircraft. This one named "Dumbo" N7848B was operated by RANSA, then Panamanian registered by Aerovias Alianza as HP-238 before returning to N7848B in 1968. It has been in Alaska since then, first with Interior Airways, then Fairbanks Air Service, and with the Everts family since 1973.
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10 viewsAirline: Rust's Flying ServiceType: Dehavilland DHC-2 BeaverRegistration: N4444ZAirport: Lake HoodCity: AnchorageState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 8, 2010Rusts began operations in 1963 and has continuously grown its fleet. Today Rusts and K2 Aviation are based at Lake Hood and Talkeetna, Alaska. The 2 airlines operate passenger and cargo flights around the region as well as a number of sightseeing services.
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12 viewsAirline: Everts Air CargoType: Douglas DC-6Registration: N9056RAirport: ANCCity: AnchorageState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 8, 2010In 1956 this DC-6 flew for Canadian Pacific airlines and later became an airtanker, fitted with a large belly tank to drop fire retardent or "slury" on forest fires. It flew as a tanker for Securite Civile in France who flew several DC-6's and now fly mostly CL-215's. Later moving on to Conair,a Canadian forestry airtanker service, in 1988 for fires throughout the Providences before being purchased by Everts in 2000 as Conair has mostly transitioned to Convair 580 turboprop tankers.
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6 viewsAirline: Everts Air CargoType: EMB-120 BrasiliaRegistration: N1110JAirport: ANCCity: AnchorageState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 8, 2010Built in 1988 her previous owners were Delta's Connection Comair and Skywest airlines before being converted to a freighter in 2004 for Everts.
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