I was in one of them too. From Amsterdam to London, in 1958, never was in a DC-3 since then. I have been in a comet as well, that was after they fixed the problem with the fuselage.
On Tuesday 22 June 2004 23:34, frank theriault wrote: FJW> I was on one of them!! FJW> FJW> On our honeymoon, back in '79, we flew to Cape Cod. Took a Cessna 12 seater FJW> there, and a DC 3 back. FJW> FJW> They fly two DC 3's. One of them has the record for the most hours on an FJW> airframe of all time. That was mid-80's; presumably they still have that FJW> record, if it's still flying. I don't know if I was on the "record" DC 3 or FJW> not. FJW> FJW> Cool flight, though. All 15 minutes of it. The damned planes outlasted the FJW> marriage!! <vbg> FJW> FJW> cheers, FJW> frank FJW> FJW> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist FJW> fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer FJW> FJW> FJW> FJW> FJW> >From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FJW> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FJW> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FJW> >Subject: Re: OT: SpaceShipOne FJW> >Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:15:29 -0400 FJW> > FJW> >Provincetown-Boston Airways still flies them. FJW> > FJW> > FJW> >Bill FJW> > FJW> >----- Original Message ----- FJW> >From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FJW> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FJW> >Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 10:12 PM FJW> >Subject: Re: OT: SpaceShipOne FJW> > FJW> > FJW> > > ----- Original Message ----- FJW> > > From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FJW> > > > FJW> > > > BTW, I can not believe that any real airline in the world still has FJW> >DC-3's FJW> > > in FJW> > > > regular passenger service. FJW> > > FJW> > > They are still popular with charter airlines and some "Island-hopping" FJW> > > operations. I don't think any "major" airlines fly them. FJW> > > FJW> > > Christian FJW> > > FJW> > FJW> FJW> _________________________________________________________________ FJW> MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* FJW> http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines FJW> FJW> FJW> -- Frits WÃthrich
