For the aviation buffs (especially DC-3 enthusiasts)

[STYRENE-SURFER]

If your into DC-3 history check out this video and also Mikey McBryan's channel.

 

[DonW]

Wow!

Never seen a Goonybird on floats before, let alone a fully armed bomber version!

Thanks,

-Don.

[Ace-Garageguy]

4 hours ago, DonW said:

Never seen a Goonybird on floats before, let alone a fully armed bomber version!

How about one with three turbines?

[Snake45]

The US actually built a bomber version of the DC-3/C-47 (sort of, -ish). It was called the B-23 Dragon. Howard Hughes owned a couple. 

Edited May 10, 2020 by Snake45

[SSNJim]

I always thought the only armed version of the DC-3/C-47 was the AC-47 Spooky (aka Puff the magic dragon) gunship. I did see there were several B-23s built - never heard of it before.

[DonW]

10 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

How about one with three turbines?

 

Looks surprisingly 'right'.

When he was test flying for Armstrong Siddeley, my Dad got to fly this modified DC3 with two Single Mamba propjets:

 

He also got to fly this, a modified Lancastrian (Lancaster bomber derivative) with a couple of Rolls Royce Nene jet engines replacing two of the Merlins:

Lucky man!

 

[TarheelRick]

I have always had a soft spot for the Gooney Bird, it took me from Bangkok, Thailand to Udorn RTAFB.  Had a chance to work on its comm systems a few times.  War Story (no blah blah blah blah this really happened).  A Lt Col was the assigned pilot for the C-47, his flight was milk runs from base to base in Thailand.  Nothing really exciting just a couple hundred miles from a war zone.  He tired of the ribbing by the fighter pilots at the O-Club, so he showed them the C-47 can do an inside loop and survive.  Needless to say the rest of his time in Thailand he was flying a desk.

Difference between a fairy tale and a war story.  Fairy tale begins "Once upon a time", war story begins "No blah blah blah blah this really happened."