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Love the 47..

On the DC3 comment - I loved my flight in one, sure it moved a lot more in turbulent air, more like a cessna 172 than a 747 would - but we were airborne in less time that a 747 would have accelerated to 30 mph ;-) Such a beautiful plane and you felt that if the engines went, you had a decent chance of a glide somewhere...(it was the Otis spunkmeier DC3 based in oakland, pre-digital so I can't find pics)

On another note the airliner I have fondest memories of was the Caravelle... A super sleek early smaller jet with a finesse unequalled since and a fantastic glide ratio - one of the few airliners where losing both engines was not a death sentence.... (On April 15, 1959, Air France carried out a novel publicity event to promote the safety of the new aircraft. A Caravelle deliberately glid, without propulsion, between Paris and Dijon in France, a distance of more than 262 kilometres - 163 miles). To me it was to early jet airliners what the constellation was to prop ones. Class.

https://hushkit.net/2022/05/26/10-reasons-the-sud-aviation-caravelle-jetliner-is-fantastic/

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