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The company has a small terminal building at Rawlins; another DC3 is waiting there to take passengers on to Salt Lake City at 1155. They make radio contact and find there's a gusty crosswind blowing across the runway...






The captain soon realizes he's a bit high... he calls for more flaps as he pulls the throttles back a little more. They're already 15 minutes behind schedule...got to drop her in quickly.




The high approach leads to a small bounce on touchdown; almost a little too much wind correction as the ship briefly becomes airborne again, dropping a wing into the wind.








Quick taxi to the gate, then it's off to Laramie.



Next: Rawlins to Laramie

That must have been one hell of a descent.

Lovely Rotty, I'm enjoying every part of this little story.
Looking forward to the next part!

Lovely Rotty, I'm enjoying every part of this little story.
Looking forward to the next part!

Rest assured there is more in the pipe: finished the run to Denver, and now I've got the crew taking the trip to Salt Lake the following morning...  cloudy conditions and very high terrain...

The landing must have been quite hard Look at the dent in the fuselage top in shots 3 and 4

The landing must have been quite hard Look at the dent in the fuselage top in shots 3 and 4

LOL... nope, a DC3 will only bend if you make a hard 3-pointer...
That "dent" is just a weird quirk of the otherwise excellent textures... only looks like that from that one angle.

LOL... nope, a DC3 will only bend if you make a hard 3-pointer...
That "dent" is just a weird quirk of the otherwise excellent textures... only looks like that from that one angle.

Yeh yeh yeh  you'll say anything Next you'll say it will polish out!!  ;D
Nice story. Regards Chris

Whatever... it still flies straight.