"Ice pilots", another crash!
"Ice pilots", another crash!
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Billywizz74

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291 posts

219 months

Wednesday 21st August 2013
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http://www.jacdec.de/news/news.htm

Glad everyone got out ok. You got to wonder whether they will start to modernise their fleet, cant be economical to keep those old birds in the sky.

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Wednesday 21st August 2013
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DC-3s are pretty tough birds. Age is not usually a factor in accidents that befall them.

Streps

2,457 posts

195 months

Thursday 22nd August 2013
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Shame frown
Here is a walk-around of the plane involved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCcplfarfmQ

Billywizz74

Original Poster:

291 posts

219 months

Thursday 22nd August 2013
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Eric Mc said:
DC-3s are pretty tough birds. Age is not usually a factor in accidents that befall them.
They have had a few incidents now though. I see they bought another Electra off of Air Atlantic, I think that's as modern as there fleet will get. Love the programme, new series has just started.

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Thursday 22nd August 2013
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I think the environment in which these aircraft are used would test any aeroplane, no matter what its age.