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captainflynn — G-AMPY C47 DC3
Published: 2010-04-25 00:48:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 579; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 33
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In 2008 a friend of mine booked me a pleasure flight on this very DC3 as an early birthday present (The flight was April 26th 2008 and my birthday is June 12th)He wouldnt tell me where we were going until we got right near to Coventry airport. Needless to say it was a huge surprise. The flight took us over Bruntingthorpe and back to Coventry. It was great to be on such an old aircraft. G-AMPY was built in 1943. I'll never forget this flight and I fell in love with the DC3 that day.
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VERY lucky, my dear!
I've also flown in a military C-47 twice- both times for fun! Was AMAZING!
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Thankyou
Aw sounds like you was very lucky too! Which one did you fly in?
Its love how it feels and sounds
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my fave was always the Dart Dakota,with old BEA livery...
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Do you have a link to a photo, capt?
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there should be some online,Google images should find it. i have a model of one i made many moons ago{1990},but it was damaged in a move...i might have to make a new one.
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Yep! You need to remake it Captain
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then again,i might be able to fix the original....
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of course. if not,i can always make a new one.
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i think i can fix her...just needs a replacement tailwheel...to think i built this bird about 20 years ago!
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Wow! You've been building for years.
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since age 5,in 1966...Ancient Cat.
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and i still remember my first one....
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a Revell kit of an AA 707...Astrojet livery.
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gotta start somewhere....
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Yeah 
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a bit crude by today,s standards....
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OK,the original mould for the kit was a USAF KC-135,made in 1956....the industry has come a ways since then! it was actually 1/143 scale...close enough.
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not exactly State-Of-The-Art,but still buildable,with a bit of work.
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i,m trying to think how many times Revell has issued that same basic moulding over the years....so many different boxings,both military and commercial! add an extra sprue with a saucer,and it,s an AWACS...
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they,ve certainly got a lot of mileage out of that 1956 mould.....
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haha. Its a nostalgic model now. Not as nostalgic as a DC3, but near enough haha
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Monogram had a 1/90{"box-scale"} DC-3/C-47 mould that was reissued "9-ways-to-Sunday" too.....
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haha Cool!
Ive never heard of monogram.
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Revell,s competitor for a long time...now they,re under the same ownership.
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Ahh that explains why I havent heard of them
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i suppose they didn,t export that much. Revell has a larger international sales/distribution network.
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Ah! That explains it for certain then.
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also,most of Monogram,s aircraft subjects were 1/48,and British modellers usually preferred 1/72.
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Ahh I see! Why is that?
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that was the scale they were used to...it started with FROG Penguin kits back in 1939.{the world,s first plastic models!}
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I think I heard of FROG - Didnt they make a VC10 with working lights?
Speaking of models - Where me and also my family all grew up in London, nearby there was a small airfield (closed before I was born) called Heston. They had a model makers there too. The name escapes me now though.
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