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Connies in flight
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:01 am
by pdb
Not too long ago (a few years anyway), a Connie came through Anchorage. I was able to witness it climbing out nearly over me on the departure end of the runway and it was departing in 3 engines with the 4th feathered. It keep on going and did not return to the field.
I presume it was on a ferry flight home somewhere for maintenance but "anywhere" could be a pretty long flight if it was headed to Seattle, the closest big city.
An old friend mentioned that that was not that unusual for the plane to be ferried on 3 engines.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:38 pm
by N2255D
A little someting for everone who likes Connies.
http://www.conniesurvivors.com/
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:55 am
by callisontx
Here's a pic of a Connie my Grandfather ferried on 3 engines from Conn. back to Burbank in 1946. It was Pan American's 'Clipper America'
He said the #4 engine caught fire shorty after takeoff from New York and fell clear of the airplane (by design) They belly landed in Willimantic, Conn., repaired it, and put temp skin where #4 engine was for an 11 hour flight back to the factory
I like all the conventional gear aircraft in the background.
(and the rope hanging out the door)
Connie Data
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:44 am
by 170C
Walt, thanks for listing the website. What a fantastic site for info on these great birds. There is always sadness as we review these articles and learn of the demise of any fabulous aircraft.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:28 am
by thammer
Top two on the list. Trying to figure out which to court first. The 195 will fit in the hangar with the 140 better.
1. Cessna 195
2. Stearman
Near the top of my bucket list is getting type rated in the DC3. Love that airplane. Though, I have yet to meet an airplane I didn't like.
AC-130 for prairie dog control would be nice too.
tye
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:53 am
by russfarris
Clay, you beat me to it...I was going to post on the infamous tri-motor
Connie, very cool your grandfather was part of the ferry crew!
The actor Lawrence Olivier and his wife, Vivian Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara
from "Gone with the Wind") were passengers on that flight. The captain,
Sam Miller later made the first Pan Am Boeing 707 flight from New York to Paris in 1958. That Connie was living on borrowed time; it crashed at Shannon in 1948...Russ Farris