C-47, C-53, or Dakota spotted.
C-47, C-53, or Dakota spotted.
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Elderly

Original Poster:

3,735 posts

267 months

Thursday 13th October 2016
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Today at 16.30 one of the above? complete with D-Day marking flew over Thame.

ecsrobin

18,642 posts

194 months

Thursday 13th October 2016
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Would appear to be a Dakota

yellowjack

18,405 posts

195 months

Friday 14th October 2016
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Quite probably the same one I thought I heard, and caught a brief glimpse of, near Farnborough the same afternoon.

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Friday 14th October 2016
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I think it's this one -




Boatbuoy

1,975 posts

191 months

Friday 14th October 2016
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A silver/grey one flew over my office near Warwick about an hour ago, heading south.

Elderly

Original Poster:

3,735 posts

267 months

Friday 14th October 2016
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Eric Mc said:
I think it's this one -


Is that one of your models Eric? biggrinwink

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Friday 14th October 2016
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I wish smile

I have a few unbuilt DC-3/C-47s in the "to do" pile.

The most likely one I will end up doing first is this one -





aeropilot

40,524 posts

256 months

Friday 14th October 2016
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Eric Mc said:
I think it's this one -


Although post-display season, it could also be the BBMF C-47 going somewhere....?


Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Friday 14th October 2016
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It could be - but I have seen the USAAF marked one a few times over Farnborough in the past few months.