Tink1717 2 #2 December 31, 2007 A DC-3 with pilot error? Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off. -The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!) AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS#8808 Swooo 1717 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #3 December 31, 2007 This plane is fucked. Someone doesn't understand the concept of a beach boogie.“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimp 1 #5 December 31, 2007 Colombian registred. Hmmm... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #6 December 31, 2007 Fixed it. you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #7 December 31, 2007 Quote HW It's a sanctuary for marine life. It's still in better condition than Bill Dause's though Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #8 December 31, 2007 Is that the one on the beach in Spanish Wells just north of Eleuthra? Made the first jumps there and got some of the costs of lodging defrayed by taking the "director of recreation" on a tandem. jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #9 January 1, 2008 Quote Quote HW It's a sanctuary for marine life. It's still in better condition than Bill Dause's though Now that's sad.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #10 January 1, 2008 This one? HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cosmobuddy 0 #11 January 1, 2008 Lodi DC-3www.SkydiveLostPrairie.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 5 #12 January 1, 2008 Well, yes, plane 13 is, but I don't think plane 6 is. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #13 January 1, 2008 still sitting with it's nose proudly and properly Raised!!!...my guess is that this a DC-3 , which "water landed", had the right prop tear up a leading edge, hopefully finished in the shallows, with the cockpit above water, and everybody OUT Ok... While thinking about it, a bit...i wondered if someone used a winch or cable "come-along"... hooked up to that scrawny Tree,,,, to drag it up to the beach... After that????? well NOW you have a tricky task, on your hands....I wonder if it was ever saved... Oh... not real pleased to see what appears to be 'graffiti'...on such a noble bird... but maybe there is a story to that... jmy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #14 January 2, 2008 QuoteThis one? HW Yep. I love that plane. It was so cool just having a DC-3 at a local DZ. The last jump I did out of it was a tandem when they brought it over to Byron about 10 years ago. Now it just sits there because it broke down years back and not enough people care to jump it, so it really doesn't make any sense for Bill to spend money on it to fix it and keep it in the air when he has a fleet of turbines. It's also not going to be attractive to a buyer for any reason, so there it sits, year after year. The jumpers put a stripper pole in it one year and held a party in it, but it's a sad end for a great plane. It would be nice if there was enough interest to get a consortium of jumpers together to buy it and restore it and keep it flying. It's got the big door on it, so it's actually a really nice plane to jump out of. It's not even that slow to altitude. It ain't Otter fast, but it gets there OK. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #15 January 3, 2008 QuoteIt would be nice if there was enough interest to get a consortium of jumpers together to buy it and restore it and keep it flying. I don't have a lot of extra money right now, but I'd be part of that project if it happened.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
