I trust in god and the man who's flying that plane...

[roger-wilco-66]

Nice watch here, flying DC3s in Colombia ! Not 30 years ago, but today! The old workhorse still carries on.

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/riskingitall/2011/05/201151112305049621.html


Cheers,
Mark

PS: in the video, at 1:43, the sentence I put as topic to this thread was uttered by a passenger :-)

[Crusader]

Great video Mark . Thanks for sharing . You certainly can't make a mistake on landing on a lot of those remote strips . One shot only with a DC-3 !

Rich

[pilottj]

Yeah it sure is amazing to see those old birds still getting it done in Central and South America
check out the old birds on this site that fly in and out of La Paz, Bolivia
http://www.michaelprophet.com/Bolivian_Photoalbum1.html


Here are some vids of those Colombian birds. Sure goes to show the ruggedness of these planes:mixedsmi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYmSLqLaeH0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtQ3wUcPJvY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkmhMMmjws8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33eab9u4S9Q&feature=related

[Dain Arns]

"Flying Wild Columbia"... :icon_lol:

Always interesting to see how different cultures do their aviation.
Great find, thanks for sharing that.

[stiz]

whilst not aviation, the other "risking it all" shows are eye openers for sure!! and people moan about the state of the roads here! :jawdrop:

[pilottj]

another DC-3 vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1jmDeiWIRA&feature=player_embedded

Sure makes you wonder, is there really another airplane flying even today that matches the DC-3/C-47's operational versatility, load carrying ability and rough field abilities? The only plane that I can think of indirectly be close worldwide might be the AN-24. There might be others but I just can't think of any :)

[papab]

Great find Mark!
Thanks for posting...
Rick