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[ChocolateFrog]

TCEvo said:

yellowjack said:

chopper602 said:

Anyone, any idea what this old bird is doing flying around the local coastline (DC-3)

Anyone's guess!

It's a Basler BT-67, a re-engineered Douglas DC-3 with turboprop engines. Originally a 1943 built C-47B, serial number 43-48859, and served with the USAAF, the French Armée de l'Air, and the South Vietnamese Air Force before ending up sitting in the desert boneyard by 1980... http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Se... ...the last picture on that page shows the 'plane at Abuja, Nigeria in 2019, doing survey work.

'ALCI' is the Antarctic Logisitcs Centre International. They operate cargo flights taking spares, fuel, etc, to Antarctic expeditions and scientific research stations, I think.

This one crashed and was salvaged from deep in the Antarctic in 2009, then was damaged again when it hit a snowplow on a taxiway in 2016...

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id...
https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id...

Salvage video from the 2009 incident... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOwQuQfquRI

But no, i have no idea what it's doing in the UK right now.

Edited by yellowjack on Wednesday 7th April 17:02

And in 2021 finds itself over Scarborough.

It's led some life to date though from coming off the line in Oklahoma in the early '40's: could wrap that history into an decent animated film or graphic novel.

It's led a more colourful life than most of us.

Amazing that it's still going.

Is it the equivalent of a ship of Theseus?

[TCEvo]

ChocolateFrog said:

Is it the equivalent of a ship of Theseus?

Someone needs to make a vid: a Harry's Airfield.

[swampy442]

ChocolateFrog said:

TCEvo said:

yellowjack said:

chopper602 said:

Anyone, any idea what this old bird is doing flying around the local coastline (DC-3)

Anyone's guess!

It's a Basler BT-67, a re-engineered Douglas DC-3 with turboprop engines. Originally a 1943 built C-47B, serial number 43-48859, and served with the USAAF, the French Armée de l'Air, and the South Vietnamese Air Force before ending up sitting in the desert boneyard by 1980... http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Se... ...the last picture on that page shows the 'plane at Abuja, Nigeria in 2019, doing survey work.

'ALCI' is the Antarctic Logisitcs Centre International. They operate cargo flights taking spares, fuel, etc, to Antarctic expeditions and scientific research stations, I think.

This one crashed and was salvaged from deep in the Antarctic in 2009, then was damaged again when it hit a snowplow on a taxiway in 2016...

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id...
https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id...

Salvage video from the 2009 incident... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOwQuQfquRI

But no, i have no idea what it's doing in the UK right now.

Edited by yellowjack on Wednesday 7th April 17:02

And in 2021 finds itself over Scarborough.

It's led some life to date though from coming off the line in Oklahoma in the early '40's: could wrap that history into an decent animated film or graphic novel.

It's led a more colourful life than most of us.

Amazing that it's still going.

Is it the equivalent of a ship of Theseus?

Or Triggers broom

[MarkwG]

swampy442 said:

ChocolateFrog said:

TCEvo said:

yellowjack said:

chopper602 said:

Anyone, any idea what this old bird is doing flying around the local coastline (DC-3)

Anyone's guess!

It's a Basler BT-67, a re-engineered Douglas DC-3 with turboprop engines. Originally a 1943 built C-47B, serial number 43-48859, and served with the USAAF, the French Armée de l'Air, and the South Vietnamese Air Force before ending up sitting in the desert boneyard by 1980... http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Se... ...the last picture on that page shows the 'plane at Abuja, Nigeria in 2019, doing survey work.

'ALCI' is the Antarctic Logisitcs Centre International. They operate cargo flights taking spares, fuel, etc, to Antarctic expeditions and scientific research stations, I think.

This one crashed and was salvaged from deep in the Antarctic in 2009, then was damaged again when it hit a snowplow on a taxiway in 2016...

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id...
https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id...

Salvage video from the 2009 incident... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOwQuQfquRI

But no, i have no idea what it's doing in the UK right now.

Edited by yellowjack on Wednesday 7th April 17:02

And in 2021 finds itself over Scarborough.

It's led some life to date though from coming off the line in Oklahoma in the early '40's: could wrap that history into an decent animated film or graphic novel.

It's led a more colourful life than most of us.

Amazing that it's still going.

Is it the equivalent of a ship of Theseus?

Or Triggers broom

Triggers hot rod - those engines make quite a difference.

[some bloke]

Re the DC3/C47 - back in the 80's I spent a few happy hours flying in/hitching lifts around NZ in ZK-BBJ. She was owned by a freight company 2 schoolmates worked for. Sadly I think she is sitting at an airfield in Africa now.


http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Se...

[yellowjack]

some bloke said:

Re the DC3/C47 - back in the 80's I spent a few happy hours flying in/hitching lifts around NZ in ZK-BBJ. She was owned by a freight company 2 schoolmates worked for. Sadly I think she is sitting at an airfield in Africa now.


http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Se...

Perhaps this one... https://www.google.com/maps/search/mombasa+airport...

[anonymous-user]

Beautiful aircraft.

I know a Swedish pilot that is part of a dc3 syndicate. They all (loads of enthusiasts engineers and some pilots) part own the aircraft and take it on trips all the time. Sounds awesome.

[some bloke]

yellowjack said:

some bloke said:

Re the DC3/C47 - back in the 80's I spent a few happy hours flying in/hitching lifts around NZ in ZK-BBJ. She was owned by a freight company 2 schoolmates worked for. Sadly I think she is sitting at an airfield in Africa now.


http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Se...

Perhaps this one... https://www.google.com/maps/search/mombasa+airport...

Probably.

http://www.ruudleeuw.com/tmp-zkbbj-pilgrim.htm

The goose logo apparently came about as a top dressing pilot working for Fieldair was seen chasing one in a Tiger Moth, and caugt it from the cockpit. So the story goes...

[tonyvid]

Canadian P3 Orion heading our way, he's a long way from home!

[Dashnine]

yellowjack said:

chopper602 said:

Anyone, any idea what this old bird is doing flying around the local coastline (DC-3)

Anyone's guess!

It's a Basler BT-67, a re-engineered Douglas DC-3 with turboprop engines. Originally a 1943 built C-47B, serial number 43-48859, and served with the USAAF, the French Armée de l'Air, and the South Vietnamese Air Force before ending up sitting in the desert boneyard by 1980... http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Se... ...the last picture on that page shows the 'plane at Abuja, Nigeria in 2019, doing survey work.

'ALCI' is the Antarctic Logisitcs Centre International. They operate cargo flights taking spares, fuel, etc, to Antarctic expeditions and scientific research stations, I think.

This one crashed and was salvaged from deep in the Antarctic in 2009, then was damaged again when it hit a snowplow on a taxiway in 2016...

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id...
https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id...

Salvage video from the 2009 incident... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOwQuQfquRI

But no, i have no idea what it's doing in the UK right now.

Edited by yellowjack on Wednesday 7th April 17:02

Interesting film. I assume the enormous effort (and subsequent huge cost) of extracting the DC3 from Antarctica was as much about having to remove it (no human contamination of the continent) rather than wanting the plane back as the cost of recovery must have significantly outweighed its value.

[PaulWoof]

Basler bt-67's are expensive.

Its practically a full rebuild of the airframe including extending the front of it about 3ft and all the certification that comes with that..

The guy from buffalo airways has a youtube channel where there's load of stuff about dc3's and other silly things they get upto in Canada (without the discovery channel faux drama). They dont have one because they cost around £8m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfgC5DROP-M

[chopper602]

yellowjack said:

Anyone's guess!

It's a Basler BT-67, a re-engineered Douglas DC-3 with turboprop engines. Originally a 1943 built C-47B, serial number 43-48859, and served with the USAAF, the French Armée de l'Air, and the South Vietnamese Air Force before ending up sitting in the desert boneyard by 1980... http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Se... ...the last picture on that page shows the 'plane at Abuja, Nigeria in 2019, doing survey work.

'ALCI' is the Antarctic Logisitcs Centre International. They operate cargo flights taking spares, fuel, etc, to Antarctic expeditions and scientific research stations, I think.

This one crashed and was salvaged from deep in the Antarctic in 2009, then was damaged again when it hit a snowplow on a taxiway in 2016...

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id...
https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id...

Salvage video from the 2009 incident... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOwQuQfquRI

But no, i have no idea what it's doing in the UK right now.

Edited by yellowjack on Wednesday 7th April 17:02

Teesside Airport 'movements' page has some info:

http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Trips/Trips21/Templa...

[RATATTAK]

A400M doing circuits at DSA now

[yellowjack]

RATATTAK said:

A400M doing circuits at DSA now

I'm pretty sure I saw an A400 climbing away from Bournemouth (Hurn) this afternoon, around 4 pm. I was just getting back from a bike ride, making the last turn into our street. I'd been seeing a couple of the Cobham (FRA) Falcons (or perhaps one of them, doing circuits) in the distance throughout the ride too, looking like they were descending into BOH.

[The Brummie]

Antonov AN124 - departed from Shuttle Landing Facility AKA Kennedy Space Centre which is a new departure point for me.

[MissChief]

The Brummie said:

Antonov AN124 - departed from Shuttle Landing Facility AKA Kennedy Space Centre which is a new departure point for me.

Another AN124 all the way from Delhi into Prestwick. At 4am. Very pleased I don’t live close to the airport.

[LotusOmega375D]

Odd Sunday route for an RAF Voyager. Marseilles to Copenhagen.



Also spotted this RAF Rivet Joint returning from an overflight of the Crimean Peninsula. Tense times in that part of the world.

[weeboot]

Presume EZY9003 ran into issues and is heading back to BRS

[LotusOmega375D]

Don’t think it was heading anywhere, so presumably practice/test flight.

[weeboot]

Data on FR24 has just updated to show it was BRS -> BRS, path just stuck out when I opened my browser to look at what my kit here is tracking