That is amazing, You took a amazing plane and made it even more amazing ! For my 40th birthday my son flew me in A C47 from the Confederate Air Force as a birthday gift ! Over the city of Fort Worth Texas ! Now I'm 70 ! 3 years ago I rode in A B17 , Landed with me sitting in the glass nose cone ! Unbelievable ride !
its a swiss army knife of airplanes. bush flying, floats, skis, you name it..... this airplane has and continues to do it all. the only replacement for a DC3 is a DC3
The only problem with the floats is they weigh so much. While the DC-3 can fly perfectly well with them, it drastically reduces it's useful load. Which, for most of it's current operators today, is a deal breaker. Unfortunately. If we ever develop composite floats of this size, which would be considerably lighter, those would be far better for her to have.
Brought me back to 1952. My first airline flight in a Chicago and Southern Airways DC-3 from St. Louis to Memphis. Came back to St. Louis in a Connie. Wait while I dry my eyes.
I was on that plane when I took my ATC unit along with the Controllers from the Air Force in Portland Maine up to the fly in. Max was a tireless worker and I became a fast admirer of his. That was in the late 80's. It was funny to watch him fuel the plane. There was a standard style car pump with the same size of hose and Max crawled on the wing, insterted it in the tank, locked the lever open and went in and took a break in the shack. No worry about overflowing it at that rate. What a guy and what an aircraft.
I stood on these floats 30 years ago before they were on this DC3. Mr Folsom was a real nice guy. He even offered to lend me his car to have a look around the area . Thanks
WOW! This is the R4D in U. S. Navy parlance! I had the opportunity to maintain one while serving in 1956 - 1959. However, it was not equipped with Floats. I flew in one as the radio operator on a overseas flight! Great aircraft!
The plane dwarfs all the cars, trucks and people around it, and 3 ladders to get down. Hope she's back into the air in her old glory. Thanks for sharing.
Greetings from England! Beyond awesome - back in the 1960s, then a kid I made a 1/76 scale model of a DC3 float plane. It was part bought model kit, part scratch built (the floats & struts) which were a nightmare - took a long time to construct but worth it. None of my school mates believed the thing actually existed in the real world and thought I'd made it up. So well done for sharing this clip - 50-years later and vindicated ... I wonder if I should tell my long ago friends ..?
In 1973 I flew this pretty and reliable model. It was a C-47. One of the last built by DC midt in the 1950s. Well equipped with autopilot, transponder. We did the route Punta Arenas-Puerto Williams, one or twice a week. We flew also the route from Punta Arenas to Valparaíso, over the argentinian Patagonia (it took from 6am to 6pm). Nice times.
What a wonderful machine the DC3/C47 is and has been for so long. I'm seventy years of age and well remember my first aeroplane flight at 4 years if age in an ANA DC3 from Tamworth to Sydney. And there are still five of them (that I know of) still flying within a short drive from where I live.
when i was a kid in the 1950s lake central airlines flew over my house on approach to the new philadelphia muni airport in big beautiful dc3s. i always looked up. and what a beautiful sound they made. thanks for a great video.
I have been watching Mach Loop videos and having a ball .... tons of it ... and thought nothing can top that (for reasons best known to me) .... AND THEN THIS .... WWOOOOWWW ... first of I never knew a DC3 could get on floats ... just for that THANK YOU ... you know how used to we get seeing high wingers on floats and such .... like someone said here ... the plane powering up the ramp and then parking like a go kart or something LOL ... was AMMMAAAAZZZING. What fun. Thanks David
Summer of 2017 this plane sits minus its right engine at the north end of the Greenville airport. The floats seemed to float around town for several years but have reappeared at the airport and it would appear that they may again be mounted. This plane became a piece of Greenville's history with appearances at the annual Seaplane Pilot's Association Fly-In.
Never been in one but I love my FSX version. I'm in my mid 60's as I write and have ALWAYS lived in the landing pattern of our local airport. For all the time I was a kid a powder blue DC3 flew over my house in prep to hang a left for the dog leg. This several times a day as it was a commuter from Atlanta to the local airport here. And then one day it stopped. Such a beautiful plane! I never ever failed to look up when I heard it coming.
I still remember well Growing up here next to the Mobile Regional Airport during the 1960s Seeing & hearing many of these ole DC-3 or AC-47. Same Airplane but two different manufacturers. & Many other Aircraft like the Boxcars as they Parachute from them on the N. End of the Runway. But I never seen any AC-47 or DC-3 with Floats..! Never I miss hearing them ole radial Engines as they slowly crossed the sky
DC-3 and C-47s were from the same company, Douglas Aircraft. I think you are thinking of the C-46 which was built by Curtiss. The C-46 was a bigger plane than the C-47 and could fly higher and with a bigger cargo. The C-47 was just the designation for the US Army Air Corps military version. I have flown in both versions but never on one with floats. :-( The US Navy/Marines also flew them under the R4D designation. Douglas also licensed Nakajima ( Japan ) and Lisunov ( Russia ) to build them in their countries. We lost another one yesterday in a crash in S. America. :-(
@@lbbradley55 www.upi.com/DC3-plane-crashes-in-Colombia-killing-all-14-aboard/3121552229530/ Story is being overlooked because of the Boeing 737-Max 8 crash. Feinstein is demanding that Boeing ground all the Max 8s. But it looks more like pilot training failures each time. They fail to control the throttles correctly which then results in oscillations which lead to a crash. If they switch between a regular 737 to a Max 8, there is a big performance difference. The Max 8 will nose up when throttled up.
I drove through Greenville in the early 90s, on my way to kayak the West Branch, and saw the DC-3, at Folsoms, up on shore, still on floats. I wish I had taken some pictures of it. The amphib floats are huge ! I flew DC-3 a bit in Kenya, out of Nairobi Wilson in the late 70s. Just this summer, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum flew their C-47 into Parry Sound, Canada and were offering a 20 minute hop for passengers. Beautiful C-47, that had flown on D-day and dropped British Paratroopers. Pratt 1830s weren't leaking any oil on the ramp either, rare for a DC-3.
I got my Float plane ticket at Folsom's about the time that started the conversion. I have a complete hard picture file of the whole thing from when the floats arrived from Alaska to the day of the first test flight on the floats. I remember when they flew it to Oshkosh. Charles S. Sylvia
Hi there, I’m currently finishing up a book on the brief history of C-47/DC-3 aircraft on floats covering both the military program from WWII and the civilian float conversion Folsom’s did on this DC-3. These photos you speak of documenting the progress of the conversation would be useful to be included if you would allow. I can assure you that you’d receive credit shooting and providing them. You can reach me at JHMcKenney@comcast.net, Best regards.
She is a truly *GLORIOUS* old Lady!! I sincerely hope that she is still alive and well. I spent many hours nurturing DC3s back in the late 1970s. LONG LIVE the Greasy Three!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
We use to have a couple of DC3's in Kenya. 5Y-BCL which crashed and was written off and another one that seats on the tarmac at Wilson Airport. They use to overfly our house when we were kids in Langata and just by the sound , you knew it was DC3.
These were the largest floats ever made for an airplane. From what I've read and heard over the years the acft flew very well with the floats. That was cool.
For what I know, I am pretty sure that the largest floats ever made were those installed in the Italian seaplane CRDA Cant Z.511 four engined, first flown in October 1940
Currently she has not flown in a number of years. One engine was recently removed for overhaul. Props are expected to be overhauled as well. The floats (one of them in particular) were damaged in a landing accident back in 2004 and remained in storage for many years. Repairs finally commenced in 2014 and last year both floats were up at the Airport completely repaired just minus the nose gear. The DC-3 needs a lot of work and is supposedly for sale but the way things are lookin I wouldn’t be surprised to see her back in the air in the near future.
Jake2670 If you’re going to visit the Greenville/Moosehead Lake region best time would be the Weekend after Labor Day for the International Seaplane Fly-In, that is always loads of fun. Beautiful picturesque setting, always a great variety of seaplanes, great people. Take off and spot landing Competitions on the lake are always a blast to watch. Supposedly the DC-3 is being worked on but I doubt we’ll see it on floats and flying again unless a serious buyer comes along who’s interested in it. The owners are keen on selling it (have been for years) but the airframe needs work and few individuals or organizations have all the required ratings to operate such an aircraft (sea rating, multi engine sea rating, and DC-3 type rating) plus the will and funds to maintain such a massive seaplane. I’m sure it could be a draw at air shows but since the FAA certified it in an experimental category, it can’t be used for air service or rides for compensation or hire. It’s a real complicated situation that’s going on with the aircraft but I long to one day see her back atop the massive pontoons and in the air one day.
I flew in one of these in the early 1970's down in Guatemala. We traveled from Guatemala City across the vast jungles of the Yucatan to the Mayan ruins at TIKAL. The plane had wicker seats and landed on a freshly cut grass strip. It was like being in a Tarzan movie!
Now THAT'S a True GOONEY Bird if I ever saw one. Can't beat that United Aircraft propulsion - Pratt and Whitney driving Hamilton Standard. Awesome video. Thanks. sdh in CT
Very cool! Didn't know there was a seaplane version of a dc3....and it still flies! Very interesting and well assembled video. Enjoyed and new supporter of your channel.
OoooHoooo My Ghossssh !! Most heroic, most faithful work horse of WW II on Water Wings and pull's it self out of the water. Magnificent !! ~ your neighbor
Flew Trans-Texas Airways in the 60,s. DC-3 out of SAT to Dallas Love Field. A milk run. Stopped in Austin and a jackrabbit almost as tall as the elevator came along side. Awfully bumpy flight being only about 1000 ft. above the terrain. Quite the experience.
I used to fly their C-185 on PK's. Max and Dick Folsom and Folsom's Flying Service were a legend from Maine to Alaska. I never saw the sea- three fly. My understanding is it was developed in WWll for the Pacific. Great video, very historic for Greenville, I see all the usual suspects are there.
@@bobclifton8021 The things are older than I am and still flying. Even the B-52s can't say that anymore. Last time I flew in a DC-3/C-47 was 1962. Cyprus Airlines from Cyprus to Turkey. When the last crew of a B-52 flies their plane to D-M, a C-47 will be there to pick them up.
If I could relate the wildest ride I ever had in a C-47.. It was going over the mountains between Nam and Thailand, close to midnight and during a thunderstorm. Was not a smooth ride at all, but not scared, being in the most airworthy craft in the Air Force inventory.
Interesting conversion. I am surprised that they did not need to increase the vertical stabilizer surface or add a sub-fin to compensate for yaw instability from the drag of the floats.
S C According to EDO Aircraft Corp. drawings, this was proposed early on in the project to the point that a scale model tested in wind tunnels included an auxiliary fin. I am unsure why this was not incorporated on the finished prototype (the XC-47C), that EDO evaluated out of Their College Point, NY facility, nor the 10 or so further C-47s that received the amphibian conversion during the Second World War.
Badass!!! Used to jump from 'Mr. Douglas, hull #3 (I think?)... long time to altitude, but what a pleasure (especially with Hendrix on the stereo!).. miss the vintage planes! Learned to skydive from a Cessna 195, radial; lucky me!
Ok, I'll say it. Watching him pour the power on up that ramp with wings over other aircraft and people standing around gawking in the prop wash gave me the willies.
Beautiful C47 at Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum at Mt. Hope airport, near Hamilton, Ontario. You can book a ride. Do visit the Museum . It's great!!!
This mod (C-47C) was considered something of a failure during the war because of very poor rough water and crosswind handling and it tore up tires on runways. Water takeoff performance was tested with JATO and though it didn't help much I'm sure looked as impressive as hell. A 150 conversion order for Edo was reduced to 30 sets of floats and ten conversions and one each saw service in New Guinea, Alaska and India (~maybe~ more?).
It wasn't designed to be a float plane, but this is a strange duck. The stock version is a tail dragger, this one requires the floats to support the rear of the plane up, in addition, the engines on a purpose built seaplane are high over the fuselage, to avoid obvious problems. Other than that, I was amazed to see that this plane can be used with floats.
Only flight enthusiasts can begin to comprehend what this video shows. Astounding!!!!!!!!
That is amazing, You took a amazing plane and made it even more amazing ! For my 40th birthday my son flew me in A C47 from the Confederate Air Force as a birthday gift ! Over the city of Fort Worth Texas ! Now I'm 70 ! 3 years ago I rode in A B17 , Landed with me sitting in the glass nose cone ! Unbelievable ride !
You know, it's slow, not the prettiest, or the best maneuverable, but the DC-3 is damn hard to beat. And this sea plane version is just awesome.
What do you mean, not the prettiest? She's a romantic classic!
it's pretty to me
Lastman Standing the DC-3 is one of the prettiest airliners ever made, if not the prettiest
@@Aikaramba12 Only airliner more gorgeous than the DC-3 is the Constellation.
Especially the Super-Conny with the wing tanks that just *complete* her!
The DC-3 is one of the most Beautiful airplanes ever designed!!
Oh My! What a personal discovery. I had no idea that the DC_3 was ever adapted to use floats. It is truly the one-plane that does it all.
its a swiss army knife of airplanes. bush flying, floats, skis, you name it..... this airplane has and continues to do it all. the only replacement for a DC3 is a DC3
The only problem with the floats is they weigh so much.
While the DC-3 can fly perfectly well with them, it drastically reduces it's useful load. Which, for most of it's current operators today, is a deal breaker.
Unfortunately.
If we ever develop composite floats of this size, which would be considerably lighter, those would be far better for her to have.
@@davecrupel2817 hmmm, I believe it would be one of those "Look what I have" purchases. It is very unique at that.
Nor had I. Beautiful bird
@@luliluli1471 a beautiful swan indeed.
Brought me back to 1952. My first airline flight in a Chicago and Southern Airways DC-3 from St. Louis to Memphis. Came back to St. Louis in a Connie. Wait while I dry my eyes.
I was on that plane when I took my ATC unit along with the Controllers from the Air Force in Portland Maine up to the fly in. Max was a tireless worker and I became a fast admirer of his. That was in the late 80's. It was funny to watch him fuel the plane. There was a standard style car pump with the same size of hose and Max crawled on the wing, insterted it in the tank, locked the lever open and went in and took a break in the shack. No worry about overflowing it at that rate. What a guy and what an aircraft.
I stood on these floats 30 years ago before they were on this DC3. Mr Folsom was a real nice guy. He even offered to lend me his car to have a look around the area . Thanks
How have I not seen this amazing aircraft. I lived around that airport for a long time.
WOW! This is the R4D in U. S. Navy parlance! I had the opportunity to maintain one while serving in 1956 - 1959. However, it was not equipped with Floats. I flew in one as the radio operator on a overseas flight! Great aircraft!
The plane dwarfs all the cars, trucks and people around it, and 3 ladders to get down. Hope she's back into the air in her old glory. Thanks for sharing.
Greetings from England!
Beyond awesome - back in the 1960s, then a kid I made a 1/76 scale model of a DC3 float plane. It was part bought model kit, part scratch built (the floats & struts) which were a nightmare - took a long time to construct but worth it. None of my school mates believed the thing actually existed in the real world and thought I'd made it up.
So well done for sharing this clip - 50-years later and vindicated ... I wonder if I should tell my long ago friends ..?
Yes, yes you should :)
DC3s were some of the strongest and durable planes ever made. Very cool to see this bird fly! Thanks!
In 1973 I flew this pretty and reliable model. It was a C-47. One of the last built by DC midt in the 1950s. Well equipped with autopilot, transponder. We did the route Punta Arenas-Puerto Williams, one or twice a week. We flew also the route from Punta Arenas to Valparaíso, over the argentinian Patagonia (it took from 6am to 6pm). Nice times.
What a wonderful machine the DC3/C47 is and has been for so long. I'm seventy years of age and well remember my first aeroplane flight at 4 years if age in an ANA DC3 from Tamworth to Sydney. And there are still five of them (that I know of) still flying within a short drive from where I live.
mitzyismad Yep at the same age I flew with my Mother on a TAA DC3 from Williamtown (Newcastle) to Sydney - first ever plane ride - it was Amazing !!
when i was a kid in the 1950s lake central airlines flew over my house on approach to the new philadelphia muni airport in big beautiful dc3s. i always looked up. and what a beautiful sound they made. thanks for a great video.
Sort of the same here in Milwaukee, but North Central Airlines out of Mitchel field. Loved the sound of them engines as they droned on out of sight
I have been watching Mach Loop videos and having a ball .... tons of it ... and thought nothing can top that (for reasons best known to me) .... AND THEN THIS .... WWOOOOWWW ... first of I never knew a DC3 could get on floats ... just for that THANK YOU ... you know how used to we get seeing high wingers on floats and such .... like someone said here ... the plane powering up the ramp and then parking like a go kart or something LOL ... was AMMMAAAAZZZING. What fun. Thanks David
Taxiing in it really does look like a "gooney bird" lol. Love those old DC3's. One of the greatest aircraft ever made/flown.
YES!
Yep, it looked so much like a large water bird.
Dad flew a c-47 during the war. He admired the rugged characteristic of the bird
Incredible! What an experience that must have been.
have not seen a DC3 on floats before! nice!
That is one big aircraft to begin with and then to throw her on floats. Incredible.
Summer of 2017 this plane sits minus its right engine at the north end of the Greenville airport. The floats seemed to float around town for several years but have reappeared at the airport and it would appear that they may again be mounted. This plane became a piece of Greenville's history with appearances at the annual Seaplane Pilot's Association Fly-In.
It's been restored
@@chrisotto6421 I am *very* happy to hear that!! (Retired aircraft mechanic)
Quite the thrilling bit of seaplaning... Really took me breath away.
Thanx so very much and...
cheers
Never been in one but I love my FSX version. I'm in my mid 60's as I write and have ALWAYS lived in the landing pattern of our local airport. For all the time I was a kid a powder blue DC3 flew over my house in prep to hang a left for the dog leg. This several times a day as it was a commuter from Atlanta to the local airport here. And then one day it stopped. Such a beautiful plane! I never ever failed to look up when I heard it coming.
I've loved the DC3 since I was a kid and they'd spray for Mosquitoes in Marathon. Still my favorite.
Flew in one few times back in the mid 60s while in the Air Force. Great plane, basic plus the pilots skill with this bird is fantastic.
I still remember well Growing up here next to the Mobile Regional Airport during the 1960s Seeing & hearing many of these ole DC-3 or AC-47.
Same Airplane but two different manufacturers. & Many other Aircraft like the Boxcars as they Parachute from them on the N. End of the Runway.
But I never seen any AC-47 or DC-3 with Floats..! Never
I miss hearing them ole radial Engines as they slowly crossed the sky
DC-3 and C-47s were from the same company, Douglas Aircraft. I think you are thinking of the C-46 which was built by Curtiss. The C-46 was a bigger plane than the C-47 and could fly higher and with a bigger cargo. The C-47 was just the designation for the US Army Air Corps military version. I have flown in both versions but never on one with floats. :-( The US Navy/Marines also flew them under the R4D designation. Douglas also licensed Nakajima ( Japan ) and Lisunov ( Russia ) to build them in their countries. We lost another one yesterday in a crash in S. America. :-(
@@gravelydon7072
Interesting. I didn't know we had lost one in S. America. But they were a Great Aircraft for their Time.
@@lbbradley55 www.upi.com/DC3-plane-crashes-in-Colombia-killing-all-14-aboard/3121552229530/ Story is being overlooked because of the Boeing 737-Max 8 crash. Feinstein is demanding that Boeing ground all the Max 8s. But it looks more like pilot training failures each time. They fail to control the throttles correctly which then results in oscillations which lead to a crash. If they switch between a regular 737 to a Max 8, there is a big performance difference. The Max 8 will nose up when throttled up.
@@gravelydon7072 thanks for the Information. Interesting facts.
I see all the News about Boeing ! Don't need that now !
Such a Great Company
A plane that size on floats is very impressive.
I drove through Greenville in the early 90s, on my way to kayak the West Branch, and saw the DC-3, at Folsoms, up on shore, still on floats. I wish I had taken some pictures of it. The amphib floats are huge !
I flew DC-3 a bit in Kenya, out of Nairobi Wilson in the late 70s.
Just this summer, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum flew their C-47 into Parry Sound, Canada and were offering a 20 minute hop for passengers. Beautiful C-47, that had flown on D-day and dropped British Paratroopers. Pratt 1830s weren't leaking any oil on the ramp either, rare for a DC-3.
I got my Float plane ticket at Folsom's about the time that started the conversion. I have a complete hard picture file of the whole thing from when the floats arrived from Alaska to the day of the first test flight on the floats. I remember when they flew it to Oshkosh.
Charles S. Sylvia
Hi there,
I’m currently finishing up a book on the brief history of C-47/DC-3 aircraft on floats covering both the military program from WWII and the civilian float conversion Folsom’s did on this DC-3. These photos you speak of documenting the progress of the conversation would be useful to be included if you would allow. I can assure you that you’d receive credit shooting and providing them. You can reach me at JHMcKenney@comcast.net,
Best regards.
She is a truly *GLORIOUS* old Lady!! I sincerely hope that she is still alive and well. I spent many hours nurturing DC3s back in the late 1970s. LONG LIVE the Greasy Three!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
We use to have a couple of DC3's in Kenya. 5Y-BCL which crashed and was written off and another one that seats on the tarmac at Wilson Airport. They use to overfly our house when we were kids in Langata and just by the sound , you knew it was DC3.
Greenville Maine must be an amazing place to have so many seaplanes. I am going to put a visit there on my bucket list. 🤠
that is really cool man
Airforceproud95 blog it
right next YOU have to invent the 747 on floatd
right next YOU have to invent the 747 on floats
Cool is not the word, my friend-= this is MAGIC !
I got to fly on the DC-3 (C-47) during the Vietnam War and loved the aircraft.
Puff the Magic Dragon?
@@joeycarr1398 Yes, I remember them from the Vietnam War where they was used to take back a Marine camp which was captured by the enemy.
THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER SEEN SUCH. THANKS FORTHE EDUCATION!!
If there were ever a plane which should be reproduced a DC3 would be it in my book!
What an awesome journey discovering this in my feed this evening. ❤️
These were the largest floats ever made for an airplane. From what I've read and heard over the years the acft flew very well with the floats. That was cool.
For what I know, I am pretty sure that the largest floats ever made were those installed in the Italian seaplane CRDA Cant Z.511 four engined, first flown in October 1940
@@carlosoliani2219 biggest in the anglosaxon world...
Sulley should have had a couple of those floats when he put down in the Hudson!!!
How cool. I have never seen a DC-3 amphibian before.
5:45 Just look at how it sits on the water... Beautiful
Absolutely remarkable!👍👍👍
A grand old bird, hope she is ok and back in the air. thanks for sharing.
Currently she has not flown in a number of years. One engine was recently removed for overhaul. Props are expected to be overhauled as well. The floats (one of them in particular) were damaged in a landing accident back in 2004 and remained in storage for many years. Repairs finally commenced in 2014 and last year both floats were up at the Airport completely repaired just minus the nose gear. The DC-3 needs a lot of work and is supposedly for sale but the way things are lookin I wouldn’t be surprised to see her back in the air in the near future.
@@jacobmckenney7540 keep us posted, GF has been wanting to come up that way n a ride in this ole girl might get me up there
I got to fly One didn't have floats just wheels but what a rush. Tail lifted off at 45 knots just held it and up she went
Jake2670 If you’re going to visit the Greenville/Moosehead Lake region best time would be the Weekend after Labor Day for the International Seaplane Fly-In, that is always loads of fun. Beautiful picturesque setting, always a great variety of seaplanes, great people. Take off and spot landing Competitions on the lake are always a blast to watch. Supposedly the DC-3 is being worked on but I doubt we’ll see it on floats and flying again unless a serious buyer comes along who’s interested in it. The owners are keen on selling it (have been for years) but the airframe needs work and few individuals or organizations have all the required ratings to operate such an aircraft (sea rating, multi engine sea rating, and DC-3 type rating) plus the will and funds to maintain such a massive seaplane. I’m sure it could be a draw at air shows but since the FAA certified it in an experimental category, it can’t be used for air service or rides for compensation or hire. It’s a real complicated situation that’s going on with the aircraft but I long to one day see her back atop the massive pontoons and in the air one day.
Edo floats at their best . Excellent footage of an era gone bye . A Gooney Bird on floats ,aka the famed C-47 , DC-3 . Thank you .
I work right by the airport and there is one DC-3 that takes off every single day, i already recognize the noise it makes, beautiful plane.
Hi Erick!
Can I know the airport's name/location?
Thanks anyway#
I wouldn't have believed it, If I hadn't seen the video, Now I want to build a model of a DC3 on Floats.
DC-3 is a plane that can all .... but this is a surprise.
Thanks for sharing.
Feel fortunate to have received my float rating from Mr. Dick Folsom in the 70’s at Moosehead Lake.
Twenty five years ago island off Hundoras DC 3 stuck in the mud we all had to get off and help get it unstuck most buetiful plane Albert Harvey
I flew in one of these in the early 1970's down in Guatemala. We traveled from Guatemala City across the vast jungles of the Yucatan to the Mayan ruins at TIKAL. The plane had wicker seats and landed on a freshly cut grass strip. It was like being in a Tarzan movie!
Awesome! great fun for sure. Hope she fly's again soon.
Last I knew its still in storage.
@@Maine_Railfan where?
@@mrthomaslaux1 Greenville Me at the airport you can see it on Google Earth
Now THAT'S a True GOONEY Bird if I ever saw one. Can't beat that United Aircraft propulsion - Pratt and Whitney driving Hamilton Standard. Awesome video. Thanks. sdh in CT
I've seen it all now and can retire happiness filled.
Very nice to see this girl. I was flying them back then...never heard of the float plane...Wow!
Very cool! Didn't know there was a seaplane version of a dc3....and it still flies! Very interesting and well assembled video. Enjoyed and new supporter of your channel.
well it did 40 years ago, dont know if its still around, but as you say cool ,i have never seen it either
OoooHoooo My Ghossssh !! Most heroic, most faithful work horse of WW II on Water Wings and pull's it self out of the water. Magnificent !! ~ your neighbor
Flew Trans-Texas Airways in the 60,s. DC-3 out of SAT to Dallas Love Field. A milk run. Stopped in Austin and a jackrabbit almost as tall as the elevator came along side. Awfully bumpy flight being only about 1000 ft. above the terrain. Quite the experience.
Very Impressive. Too bad they dont have more of these
I used to fly their C-185 on PK's. Max and Dick Folsom and Folsom's Flying Service were a legend from Maine to Alaska. I never saw the sea- three fly. My understanding is it was developed in WWll for the Pacific. Great video, very historic for Greenville, I see all the usual suspects are there.
Maine to Alaska?!?!
Wow. THAT'S a hike!
These people remind me of a (flying) lumberjack and his family. Completely fearless..
Stunning. Handling like a toy.
I never knew this girl could put different shoes on. Thanks
I love the air-stairs. Classy!
What a great aircraft. Military designation C17. I have hundreds of jumps out of them. The one at our drop zone was retrofitted with turbines.
Actually the Mil Designation was C-47 with a VIP version called the C-117.
Military designation was C 47. The C 17 was a Globemaster. Hundreds of jumps out of an airplane you dont know the designation of? Really!
@@bobclifton8021 Or Navy/Marine version known as the R4D.
@@gravelydon7072 Yup. Just about everyone flew them at one time or another. The Brits called theirs Dakotas.
@@bobclifton8021 The things are older than I am and still flying. Even the B-52s can't say that anymore. Last time I flew in a DC-3/C-47 was 1962. Cyprus Airlines from Cyprus to Turkey. When the last crew of a B-52 flies their plane to D-M, a C-47 will be there to pick them up.
2022 Work is being done to get this beauty back in the air and water.
If I could relate the wildest ride I ever had in a C-47.. It was going over the mountains between Nam and Thailand, close to midnight and during a thunderstorm. Was not a smooth ride at all, but not scared, being in the most airworthy craft in the Air Force inventory.
Wao I just imagined how that flight could have been. Viet war era vet here too. 11B
this may be the coolest video I've seen on youtube
What a beautiful bird!
WOW! How nice would it be to own one of these and take hunters to Alaska for big game hunting! We would have a hell of a time! I've dreamed about it.
Sept 2018 she's sitting up at the airport right engine off left prop off I have pics if anyone is interested just saw it today
Could you upload to file share or make CZcams video of pics
Vhoonings@gmail.com please sent them to me thanks
She’s for sale sadly, and has sustained damage from a previous hard landing. Not sure what her future holds 😓
fabulousprofound that's really sad to hear
fabulousprofound Whats the extent of the damage?
I got to see this aircraft at Sun N Fun years ago. It's hard to believe how big the floats are.
I was born and raised in Port Alberni Vancouver island. The home of the Martin Mars Waterbomber. This DC 3 is so cool 😎
AWESOME!! Thanks for the Video!
Ahhh, yez. Back in the day - flying the C-117D (sans floats 😂). Semper Fi!
The DC-3 will always be a legend.
Absolute Freak of Perfection. 1934- ??
My first plane trip was in a DC-3 from Lansing, MI to Grand Rapids, MI in '58?
Interesting footage of a real classic.
Interesting conversion. I am surprised that they did not need to increase the vertical stabilizer surface or add a sub-fin to compensate for yaw instability from the drag of the floats.
S C According to EDO Aircraft Corp. drawings, this was proposed early on in the project to the point that a scale model tested in wind tunnels included an auxiliary fin. I am unsure why this was not incorporated on the finished prototype (the XC-47C), that EDO evaluated out of Their College Point, NY facility, nor the 10 or so further C-47s that received the amphibian conversion during the Second World War.
I really want one of these :-)
Badass!!! Used to jump from 'Mr. Douglas, hull #3 (I think?)... long time to altitude, but what a pleasure (especially with Hendrix on the stereo!).. miss the vintage planes! Learned to skydive from a Cessna 195, radial; lucky me!
I used to fly Sugar Alpha many years ago. Lots of fun flying skydivers! The owner of Sugar Alpha flew skydivers from his Cessna 195.
Sort of a beautiful beast that 195, loved it. I believe it has a turbine now, wherever it is
Now do a JU-52!
What a beauty- I didn't know the floats were amphibs! Glad they were preserved.
Thanks for sharing the video.
This is at least 1992. That style LeBaron wasn't out until then. The Buick is a 90s model too.
Was early 90s. This DC-3 was put on floats in 1990
Was early 90s. This DC-3 was put on floats in 1990
Ok, I'll say it. Watching him pour the power on up that ramp with wings over other aircraft and people standing around gawking in the prop wash gave me the willies.
but in a good way!
I don't want to be critical of such a fun thing, but that part of it shows really bad judgement. It won't be long.....
@motorv8N, please allow me to remind you of what "dangerous" truly is. Hitlery Clinton came close to becoming president! Now THAT is DANGEROUS!
@@williepierce3933 obama was president. That's more dangerous.
@duradim1, you make a VERY good point!
Beautiful C47 at Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum at Mt. Hope airport, near Hamilton, Ontario. You can book a ride. Do visit the Museum . It's great!!!
Beautiful old bird.
Good DC - 3. Amphibious Airplane Flygh Spectacular, .... God Bless All, ...... Cherrio.🌠👍👍👍🌠🌠🌟🌠🌠.
As they say doesn't get better than this.
When I heard your voice, I wondered if we were on the Rides With Chuck channel :) I don't think he does aircraft though
I saw one on skis once in Labrador.
WOW! BIG floats! COOL!
BTW, took a real cowboy to schlepp her up that ramp (!!) WOW!
This mod (C-47C) was considered something of a failure during the war because of very poor rough water and crosswind handling and it tore up tires on runways. Water takeoff performance was tested with JATO and though it didn't help much I'm sure looked as impressive as hell. A 150 conversion order for Edo was reduced to 30 sets of floats and ten conversions and one each saw service in New Guinea, Alaska and India (~maybe~ more?).
It wasn't designed to be a float plane, but this is a strange duck. The stock version is a tail dragger, this one requires the floats to support the rear of the plane up, in addition, the engines on a purpose built seaplane are high over the fuselage, to avoid obvious problems. Other than that, I was amazed to see that this plane can be used with floats.
JATO on water?! I would LOVE to see that
WWWOOOAH ... Where in India ? ( I am from India ..hence)
Beautiful. At 2:16 and 2:24 I noticed a weird squeek. Wonder what that was? Also when they landed. Wonderful old planes.
On a flight in the Navy's version C-47 years ago. Mayport to Key West ! Longest flight of my life! Ha!
Fantastic video...time capsule.
goleeeeee @shes got wheels 2-----outstanding--thanks.
An amphibian no less. Amazing configuration of a classic aircraft.
Beautiful.