Leeham News and Analysis
There's more to real news than a news release.
There's more to real news than a news release.
Leeham News and Analysis
- Boeing, IAM reach tentative agreement on new contract September 8, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 23. Development risks. September 6, 2024
- If a strike occurs, here’s what Boeing can do September 5, 2024
- China banks on C919, but numbers say it still needs Boeing September 2, 2024
- Bjorn’s Corner: New engine development. Part 22. High Turbine technologies. August 30, 2024
Not from the Paris Air Show: Move Over; riding in a DC-3
In a week dominated by Paris Air Show news, we have a couple of unrelated items.
We saw this car in a parking lot and couldn’t resist taking a picture. Note the writing on the windshield and how it would be legible in your review mirror as the car comes up behind you.
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And then back to aviation, we took a ride in the ex-Pan Am DC-3 over the weekend. It’s owned by the Historic Flight Foundation in Everett (WA).
Photo by Scott Hamilton
Photo by Scott Hamilton
Scott, what was the noise level like inside the DC-3?
It was actually pretty quiet. The airplane went from Pan Am to a corporate conversion and had additional insulation. It still had the corporate interior and the aft windows, if you look closely, had been modified for the corporate use. The DC-3 was quieter than the DC-7B we rode in during our May 2011 excursion. Of course, that had four, larger pistons.
I flew in a DC-3 back in 1997, from Havana to a smaller island south of Cuba. Quite a fun experience. I don’t think it was done up as nice as the one Scott flew in.
Perspex dome for astro nav above the cockpit ?
What was the price per seat and how long was your flight?
$345, ~45 minutes block time. Pricey but what the heck.