Any airplane buffs? (pics!)

[Lucky]

Was shooting an assignment at a regional airport yesterday when this plane laned to refuel. Ford Tri-Motor, 1929. Owned by the EAA and is the last remaining Tri-Motor to regularly fly. Also the Tri-Motor was the first commercial passenger airplane.

 

[conjur]

sweet!

 

[WannaFly]

wow, thats great taht you were able to get pictures like that. I've seen one of these in a museum, but not one that flew!

 

[ElFenix]

old school!

 

[notfred]

I have seen that plane before (here). I used to go every year, but I moved away so now it's kinda of a lnog drive toget down there (3 hours). I'm going to try and go again next year. Old planes rock

 

[Eli]

Awesome!

Check out those radials..

 

[UNCjigga]

If only their cars were as reliable now! They don't make 'em like they used to...

 

[Yossarian]

radials are awesome!

 

[NogginBoink]

That reminds me! The EAA B-17 is at a local airport tonight! I gotta go check it out!

 

[HappyCracker]

If anyone's down in Charlotte NC, out at the airport there's an organization in an old hangar called CHAC (Charlotte Historical Aviation Club I believe) that has a restored, flying DC3 and a few curiosities. Last summer here in Iowa, we had a B25J (the one with the guns on the side of the nose) and a B29 come to visit us. Very cool. Nice pictures, man. I've never gotten to see a Tri Motor up close. The NASM has one, don't they?

 

[klod]

My Dad, Brother and I took a ride in that tri-motor at EAA last year. Found out later it had been rebuilt after it was flipped while on the ground in bad weather.

 

[DrumminBoy]

whoa, thats pretty sweet

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: klod
My Dad, Brother and I took a ride in that tri-motor at EAA last year. Found out later it had been rebuilt after it was flipped while on the ground in bad weather.

completely totalled it, actually. into three pieces. they bought it from the insurance agency after it was declared a total loss and spent 12 years restoring it.

 

[Bootprint]

Nice pics,

It's a riced out dc-3.