DC - 3 Dreamin'

Ok, so I don't post too often.. but at least when I do... it's fascinating! I've known father and son: Chris and Chris (Jr and Sr for the rest of this article) for about a year and a half. All this time I've heard so many fantastic stories about Chris Sr.'s DC-3 days. He has spent a lot of time in the cockpit of one, both for fun, business, and commercially moving passengers. So many great stories there.


He's wanted to bring a DC 3 back to the Mills... he'd like to buy one but there are not many left and a whole lot of what's left are not in any condition to even fly. Both Chris's have spent most of their lives in aviation, they know everyone and yesterday they succeeded in bringing a DC 3 to the airfield.

Sr and Jr flew down south yesterday to pick it up and after a 5 hour, uneventful flight, they landed in the Mills. We are a small airfield, with "shortish" runways and the "3" is a big plane. So the wind had to be just right and the landing could be tricky. There was a group of us regular hangers-on at the airfield to greet them.

Chris Sr. brought that massive DC-3 down like a butterfly and didn't even use all the runway. Honestly Chris Sr. is an extraordinary pilot (so is Jr, he literally grew up in a cockpit). As soon as he touched down a cheer and applause went up from the spectators (and passenger wannabes) and we now have our DC-3.

It's only here for about a month so if you want to see the plane that revolutionized air transport in the 30's and 40's, a plane that was instrumental in WW II. The most significant transport aircraft ever made, come down and see a piece of history.

(click on the pictures to see them a bit larger!)