Today, 77 years ago...

[Tim-HH]

Hi,

today in 1934 - exactly one week after its first flight - the Douglas DC-2 entered commercial service with TWA on the Columbus-Pittsburgh-Newark route. A good reason to create a repaint of that particular DC-2 - the first one ever built :)

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q108/Tim-HH/dc-2-twa5.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q108/Tim-HH/dc-2-twa.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q108/Tim-HH/dc-2-twa2.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q108/Tim-HH/dc-2-twa8.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q108/Tim-HH/dc-2-twa3.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q108/Tim-HH/dc-2-twa7.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q108/Tim-HH/dc-2-twa4.jpg

It's available at Avsim: TWA Douglas DC-2 'NC13711' (1934) (http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=dc2x_twa2.zip)

Greetings
Tim

[Bruce Thompson]

Hi Tim,
Thanks for the HU, thats a nice piece of history, d/loading now will fly this evening.

Bruce

[robcap]

Thanks Tim, a historical day!

[txnetcop]

Some day I'm gonna buy that bird!!! Wow and this paint sure helps urge that forward!
Ted

[skyblazer3]

what company made this DC-2? I'm not much for airlines.... but there is something special about prop-liners.

[jankees]

a beauty!

[Roger]

Thanks Tim,
Downloading now:ernae:

[X_eidos2]

Wow, I never realized that by living in Columbus that I had a DC-2 connection. Folks might be interested to know that the original terminal and hanger at Port Columbus are still standing, thanks in large part to North American Aviation's chief test pilot at Columbus, Ed Gillespi (sp?)

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[TuFun]

Sweet... I'm going to grab it!

[Bushpounder]

TWA - Leading the way!! :)

Don

[olderndirt]

what company made this DC-2? I'm not much for airlines.... but there is something special about prop-liners.You've got to be kidding.

[pbearsailor]

Thanks Tim. Your repaints are one of the big reasons this plane is so special.

I have so much respect for the guys that flew on routes like this one back in those days. Very little for navigation aids, low altitude, and lots of crummy weather.

cheers,
steve :wavey:

[FlameOut]

what company made this DC-2? I'm not much for airlines....

Skyblazer3,

http://home.hccnet.nl/r.cappers/dc2/

[warchild]

Awesome Job Tim.. Since i fly with twva i'm gonna have to get this for sure... Believe me i'm not counting rivets, as i'm just not that kind of person, but if I might imply a couple critiques????

http://www.airliners.net/photo/TWA---Transcontinental/Douglas-DC-2-118B/1833834/M/

http://www.airliners.net/photo/TWA---Transcontinental/Douglas-DC-2-118B/1764817/M/

http://www.airliners.net/photo/TWA---Transcontinental/Douglas-DC-2-118B/1757999/M/

Like I said, I'm not criticising. its just that many of the people i fly with used to work for TWA until it was driven into the ground, and they can be a bit picky at times..
Thanks for the wonderful work. its gorgeous and definately on my list of must haves..
Pam

[Tim-HH]

Thanks for your comments! I'm glad you like the repaint :) And thanks to X_eidos2 for the great pictures!


Awesome Job Tim.. Since i fly with twva i'm gonna have to get this for sure... Believe me i'm not counting rivets, as i'm just not that kind of person, but if I might imply a couple critiques????

http://www.airliners.net/photo/TWA---Transcontinental/Douglas-DC-2-118B/1833834/M/

http://www.airliners.net/photo/TWA---Transcontinental/Douglas-DC-2-118B/1764817/M/

http://www.airliners.net/photo/TWA---Transcontinental/Douglas-DC-2-118B/1757999/M/

Thanks Pam. The DC-2 on your pictures is the one from the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

TWA has changed the painting of their DC-2s over the time. At the beginning they looked like the one in my screenshots. Later on they added the red stripes to the rudder and the "The Lindbergh Line" lettering.

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Apparently the Museum of Flight used the later paint schema as a model for their DC-2. Where my repaint depicts the first TWA DC-2. You can find an excellent picture of that plane HERE (http://twitpic.com/4wa4z2/full)

But my repaint of the Museum of Flight's DC-2 is also available at Avsim (http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=dc2x_twa.zip) :)

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q108/Tim-HH/dc2x_twa-2.jpg

Greetings
Tim

[warchild]

Thanks Tim.. I really didnt know all that.. :) :) Gonna have to get that second livery as well then :) :) ...

[robcap]

Sweet... I'm going to grab it!
oooh, I hope it will feature in one of your great FSX aviation movies:jump:
@John: if only someone would do the Port Columbus buildings ;-)
@Pam: the museum of Flight livery is in the standard download of our DC2 as well.
Thanks for the replies, guys!

R.