Ah yes, the old C-46, flew in them in 1954-55 from Donaldson AFB , Greenville south Carolina , from the 63rd Troop Carrier Wing ! Could haul some tonnage for sure ! They were all the 4 blade prop types, I never was in the 3 blade models, Bob Fletcher Robert.Fletcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MILITARY DESIGN SECTION 10th Floor SW, CUBE 134 (916) 557-7235, 1325 J Street, Sacramento, CA. 95814-2922 -----Original Message----- From: Alireza Alivandivafa [mailto:DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:49 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: FW: DC-3 Ground School Information In a message dated 12/10/2003 9:34:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, Robert.Fletcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: << Hey, any old f--ts out there want to take off where you left off at the end of WW11? Here is your chance. I spent many hours as a passenger in the DC- 3/C-47, It may be older than dirt, but it can haul much more over its rated carrying capacity. The younger folks out there might like to get into this aircraft and learn something new! Go for it ! >> It is not only old farts would would want to do this. In the town my parents live in, Camarillo CA, there is a group called the commerative air force that maintains two of the very few Connies that are still airworthy and a really cool C46 as well. You can talk to them about type rating on those planes, especially the C46. PS. I did not know there was an eleventh World War, and I am a big time dove