C-47 Skytrain

C-47 Skytrain
Originally uploaded by sean.granier

I'm not saying we will, because it's too early for that, but wouldn't is be amazing if our airshow had something like the C-47 to give rides to festival-goers? It would truely be a historic flight. You could imagine yourself a WWII parachuter getting ready for a mission...

The C-47:
Another famed aircraft of WWII, The C-47 is one of the best known transports of all time. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, termed it one of the most vital pieces of military equipment used in winning World War II. In the mid 1930’s the US military needed a new transport/cargo plane and contracted with Douglas to adapt the Douglas Commercial or DC series of aircraft. The DC series was a new design being built for the airline industry in the early to mid 1930’s. (http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/Aircraft/C-47/Page1.html)