And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Looks like some serious damage has occurred, look at the top of the windshield and the wrinkling above the pillar. Also lots of ice dents in the fuselage, from it being flung off the prop. Al_in_Ottawa
Hi CW....., Looks like an old DC-3!!!!! Back in the Heyday of Skydivin' back mid 70's till the Turbines got a foot hold in the mid 80's..they were the "Workhorse of the Drop Zone. There are still a few around... Classic's At Perris Valley Paracenter just south of March AFB in Ca., The Grand Old Lady made her way back to the fold... N26MA... Better known to old Fart Skydiver's as "Mike Alfa!!!" Made many leaps from Her!!! Check her out at "Skydive Perris!!" Blue Skyz!!!, skybill
I'm not sure if this will post. If you've never heard one of these start, it's quite something. Cute lil back chatter :) Watch at least until that 2nd engine starts. That's how mornings can be! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cvGBQvczUnQ
Is that a DC-2 with a radome retrofit?
ReplyDeleteLooks like some serious damage has occurred, look at the top of the windshield and the wrinkling above the pillar. Also lots of ice dents in the fuselage, from it being flung off the prop.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
The aircraft is nice but the mountain view is spectacular!!!
ReplyDeleteHi CW.....,
ReplyDeleteLooks like an old DC-3!!!!! Back in the Heyday of Skydivin' back mid 70's till the Turbines got a foot hold in the mid 80's..they were the "Workhorse of the Drop Zone. There are still a few around... Classic's At Perris Valley Paracenter just south of March AFB in Ca., The Grand Old Lady made her way back to the fold... N26MA... Better known to old Fart Skydiver's as "Mike Alfa!!!" Made many leaps from Her!!! Check her out at "Skydive Perris!!"
Blue Skyz!!!,
skybill
I'm not sure if this will post. If you've never heard one of these start, it's quite something. Cute lil back chatter :)
ReplyDeleteWatch at least until that 2nd engine starts. That's how mornings can be!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cvGBQvczUnQ