>
>> I recall many vacation flights with our dog as co-pilot, while my wife kept
>> the boys secure in the rear seat. I couldn't help but think of that when I
>> watched this vacationing family disembark during a fuel stop this morning.
>
>Did you have a bumper sticker that said, "DOG is my Co-Pilot"?
>
>I've seen one Skymaster in use in the last 10 years. Used to see a
>bunch of them, but not anymore. Performance/cost of operation just
>isn't working out. But they did have decent payload numbers.
>
<SNIP>
The outfit in Wisconsin that was converting DC-3s to turboprops was also
doing some interesting conversions on the Skymasters. They cut off the nose
and replaced it with one from a Lear jet. Then they replaced the pusher engine
with a turboprop. That plane could go absolutely anywhere.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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