BillD22 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Some random shots of a Northwest Airlines DC-3 on a flight from Seattle, Washington down to Portland, Oregon passing the Pacific Northwest's 3 famous volcanic peaks., Mt. Ranier, Mt. St. Helens, and Mt. Shasta en route before the descent and landing in Portland. [click on the images for a full-screen view] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrogPhlyer Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Really great paint scheme. Keep 'em coming Bill! Always Aviate, then Navigate, then Communicate. And never be low on Fuel, Altitude, Airspeed, or Ideas. Laptop, Intel Core i7 CPU 1.80GHz 2.30 GHz, 8GB RAM, 64-bit, NVIDIA GeoForce MX 130, Extra large coffee-black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Great shots Bill! Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted March 25, 2023 Author Share Posted March 25, 2023 1 hour ago, PhrogPhlyer said: Really great paint scheme. Keep 'em coming Bill! 23 minutes ago, Rupert said: Great shots Bill! Mucha gracias amigos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsproles Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Yours is in better condition than this one that crash-landed in a swamp in PNG during WWII. Windows 11, GeForce GTX 1660ti; 3.60 gigahertz AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core; Kingston SA2000M81000G SSD; 16 gb RAM; CH yoke; Saitek pedals; Three monitors; TrackIR 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 What a piece of history! Thanks for posting it!! Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsproles Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Another view of the C-47 wreck. It was not alone as not all that far away was this P-38 Lightning. It had a bright green shamrock painted on the port side by the cockpit. It possibly was not a nice landing as the nose wheel was pushed up well into the cockpit. At another site was the wreck, if you could call it that, of what we believed to be an A-20. We could not determine if it was Australian or American as both air forces operated the type in the area. It had clipped a re-entrant and pieces were sprayed in a fan from the point of impact. At the furtherst distance were the two engines. We recovered several 0.5 caliber machine guns and radios, all in bad condition. The workshop got one of the machine guns back into operation but no one was prepared to put a live round into it and fire it. Windows 11, GeForce GTX 1660ti; 3.60 gigahertz AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core; Kingston SA2000M81000G SSD; 16 gb RAM; CH yoke; Saitek pedals; Three monitors; TrackIR 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhrogPhlyer Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 What an experience! Always Aviate, then Navigate, then Communicate. And never be low on Fuel, Altitude, Airspeed, or Ideas. Laptop, Intel Core i7 CPU 1.80GHz 2.30 GHz, 8GB RAM, 64-bit, NVIDIA GeoForce MX 130, Extra large coffee-black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD22 Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 Awesome stuff. Were these in the vicinity of an airfield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsproles Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 14 hours ago, BillD22 said: Awesome stuff. Were these in the vicinity of an airfield? They were a few hours drive from Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. During the war, there were several major airfields at Port Moresby (Jacksons and Eight Mile). Today, only Jacksons remains and is the international airport for Port Moresby. It has probably disappeared by now, but back then a B24 Liberator, laying in shallow water, was clearly visible on approach to Jacksons. Windows 11, GeForce GTX 1660ti; 3.60 gigahertz AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core; Kingston SA2000M81000G SSD; 16 gb RAM; CH yoke; Saitek pedals; Three monitors; TrackIR 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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