Air-to-Air DC-3 Gathering

Lowflynjack

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Mid America Flight Museum hosted a DC-3 gathering. There ended up being 8 of them and we had a great time!

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Also @Lowflynjack -- just curious.. What kind of plane are you in to fly along with these planes? And curious what kind of speeds the DC3s can comfortably fly at to do these photo shoots? I know they're not the fastest bird, but I figured they'd probably trot along faster than most of the single engines you do shoots of!
 
ArrowFlyer86 said:
Also @Lowflynjack -- just curious.. What kind of plane are you in to fly along with these planes? And curious what kind of speeds the DC3s can comfortably fly at to do these photo shoots? I know they're not the fastest bird, but I figured they'd probably trot along faster than most of the single engines you do shoots of!
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B-25! The DC-3s are pretty slow in comparison!
 
I have been a passenger in both the DC 3 and C 47. How do you tell the difference?

Inside the ones that I have been in were obvious, aluminum bench seats down the sides, and tie downs down the aisle.
 
I hope there are for a magazine cover ... you keep out-doing yourself!
 
geezer said:
I have been a passenger in both the DC 3 and C 47. How do you tell the difference?

Inside the ones that I have been in were obvious, aluminum bench seats down the sides, and tie downs down the aisle.
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Big door on the side is the cargo door, or C-47. I just learned American Airlines was the only one to have a door on the right side.

Desmo said:
I was going to ask you what you charge for a session, but if a B-25 is the camera plane, I already know I can’t afford it!
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LOL, I don't own or could I afford a B-25. Mid America Flight Museum has a B-25 that I'm blessed to fly in. This was their event. I think I'm one of the most affordable air-to-air photographers. I usually shoot out of my 182. I try to keep it affordable because as much as I'm a photographer, I'm a pilot and I love aviation. I may also be the only one who says if you don't like the photos, you don't pay.
 
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My dad flew C-47s in WW II, and he flew the specific "That's All, Brother" airframe when it was purchased as surplus by United Gas post-war. My sister rode on that plane many times after Pennzoil bought United Gas and the plane was used as a weekly shuttle between the former United Gas HQ in Shreveport and the Pennzoil HQ in Houston, but that was before I came along. Pennzoil had gotten rid of the plane by the time I was old enough to form memories.

Thanks to @Lowflynjack for this post, which prompted me to go looking for flight opportunities on that plane, just in time to catch one: My wife just bought me a ride (a couple of weekends from now) as a birthday gift. I've never ridden in a DC-3 / C-47, and I look forward to making this connection with my dad. He's been gone for 30 years now, and I've wished so much over that time that I'd asked him more about his flying career when I had the chance.
 
I was there. Pretty cool event and awesome to see that many DC-3s parked side-by-side on the ramp.
 
That's friggin' cool as hell, and doing the shoot from a B-25 no less. Baller!

Incidentally I recently flew an airplane with an identical livery of one of those DC-3s. My plane was a bit bigger, but the DC-3 is definitely cooler!
 
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