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Old 05-27-2014, 22:06   #1
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The sound of radials!

Since just after sunset, there's been a C47/DC3 flying around us. It still has the radials and man I forgot how slow those things were. I tried to get a picture but it was too dark.

My first time with my hands on the yoke of an aircraft was a Central Airlines DC-3 when I was 9 or 10. I sat on the co-pilot's lap with his headphones on. (I'm using '50s terminology.) I flew the "range"; Dit-dah, dit-dah if to the left of course and dah-dit, dah-dit to the right. Steady tone on course. No wonder old pilots went mad.

I guess the Army is going retro in it's stealth technology.

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