Spelling on the title, but the image is very nice. Your well done processing. Odd that here in Detroit, American is a secondary airline, with Delta being the clear number one, for good or bad.
Grew up knowing the Hogan family. They ran a PART 135 cargo operation using DC-3's and Beech 18's, based out of SW Ohio. None of there aircraft were ever that shiny.
Taperwing wrote:
Grew up knowing the Hogan family. They ran a PART 135 cargo operation using DC-3's and Beech 18's, based out of SW Ohio. None of there aircraft were ever that shiny.
Very cool and thanks for sharing! It had been 10 years since I last saw this particular aircraft and it was just as shiny today as it was back then. I am sure lots of polishing and TLC is required to keep it looking lack that. Suffice it to say I captured lots of images of the airplane that day.
RWNPhoto wrote:
Spelling on the title, but the image is very nice. Your well done processing. Odd that here in Detroit, American is a secondary airline, with Delta being the clear number one, for good or bad.
Your signature shine. Outstanding. I wonder how many of these are still in some kind of commercial service. I met a guy recently who told me he flew on one of these regularly in Africa in the '90's.
Yes, Air Kenya flew (ex-RAF) Dakotas out of Nairobi until the late '90s. They were in magnificent condition. Highly polished and very well maintained. I took one to Masai Mara in '91. They would fly low (3000') lumbering at 160 or so kts over the Rift Valley so you'd see game and all the old, abandoned Masai ring villages. At the Mara, they would drop you at the dirt strip (Musiara) in the open savannah with no buildings, just a 2-track leading toward the river and the trees several miles away. A few of us got out and they flew off and left us blinking in the sun, quietly wondering if anyone was going to pick us up. About 10 min later a small dust cloud made its way to us headed by old Landie, coming from the camp.
