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  1. 04-04-2010, 11:21 AM #1
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    Thumbs up Flying Tiger ("The Whale," or the "Curtiss Calamity,")

    The Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando was a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces as well as the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps under the designation R5C. Known to the men who flew them as "The Whale," or the "Curtiss Calamity," the C-46 served a similar role as its counterpart, the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, but was not as extensively produced.




















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    Great shots Menemeth. Cool bird.
    The pilot is bound only by his mind and his machine. We must expand the mind before we expand the machine, and by expanding the mind, we may expand the machine. Our mind is being expanded by the sim. It is not a game.
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    WOW! Gret views of that oldie... like them a lot!!!

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    Supershots of one my favourite props
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    Swell shots of that great old propliner.
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    Great shots of this classic!
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