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Jun 18^th, 2010 at 2:59pm

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Good afternoon all...

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The Douglas DC3 unless modified did not have air conditioning or refrigeration for keeping beverages or food cold.
That door you see just behind the cockpit is where we laid everything we wanted to keep cold for a day flight. The water, milk etc. would just sit on the floor.
We always carried our own water from our home airport and sometimes if it was a weekend trip to set up caches of fuel, aluminum boats, motors, lumber etc. and we had to overnight away from an airport we would carry an ice cooler which held block ice and our food.
The emergency survival box and anything we wanted kept cold was in front of that little door... Wink

Most caches were done in the winter and we landed on small lakes with wheel/skis as there was no landing strips.
Yes we would stay in a tent and there was usually only three of us to unload everything by hand and prepare the aircraft for a winter overnight away from home.

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Comments and advice most welcome. Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #1 - Jun 18^th, 2010 at 3:03pm

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Great bit of info! Smiley

In the winter here, we keep most things we want to keep cool in our garage, and then adjust our refrigerator's temperature to not run near as much.

Allows for more heater use in the house. Grin

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Reply #2 - Jun 18^th, 2010 at 5:58pm

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Nice shot Doug. And great story. It's always interesting to read your exploits.

On the opposite end, my Dad used to heat his lunch on the Hobart out on the ramp. It was usually wrapped tightly in foil and no fumes invaded to 'flavor' the food. My Dad was something of a jury riggest. Grin

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #3 - Jun 19^th, 2010 at 8:13pm

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Thanks Shane and Larry I bet you follow in your dad's footsteps... Wink

Thanks for the comments folks...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #4 - Jun 19^th, 2010 at 11:49pm

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Flying Trucker wrote on Jun 19^th, 2010 at 8:13pm:

Thanks Shane and Larry I bet you follow in your dad's footsteps... Wink

Thanks for the comments folks...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

I'd like to think so, but I am not nearly as handy as he was. When it came to mechanic, plumber, and carpenter, there wasn't much he could not do. But I was a lot better with computers. Roll Eyes

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #5 - Jun 21^st, 2010 at 9:59am

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Nice shot Doug.
You mentionned your winter flights with skis, did you know there's a modified version of the default DC-3, nammed "Awesome4some", which has skis on the wheels ? You might want to take a look at it, it's available right here at SimV, in the... err... FSX props or FSX Vintage section, I can't remember... Tongue

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Reply #6 - Jun 21^st, 2010 at 1:34pm

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Thanks Stephane...will go looking for that one.

Not sure how many here have flown in or as crew on the old girl with wheel skis but they could be a handful on landing on unprepared lakes... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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