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Flying Dutchman
Posted:
Sat May 17, 2014 10:03 amby Jetranger
Took up the Constellation Flying Dutchman for a 2hour flight sat. mornin'.
few oil rigs in the back ground off the coast of Victoria British Columbia
Re: Flying Dutchman
Posted:
Sat May 17, 2014 12:35 pmby tinpusher
Hi Jet!
Where did you find this beauty?
Re: Flying Dutchman
Posted:
Sat May 17, 2014 2:33 pmby Skunkworks
Great shots Jet, especially the first one! Love Victoria Island too!
Happy flying,
Greg
Re: Flying Dutchman
Posted:
Sat May 17, 2014 3:35 pmby Jetranger
1st - Tin Pusher, that's a Just Flight / Black Box Constellation
2nd, think that one is a Beauty heres 2 more out of my Fleet of 57 Lockheed Constellations I store in my Sim Hanger
Re: Flying Dutchman
Posted:
Sat May 17, 2014 4:16 pmby tinpusher
57!
You might run an airline with that fleet!
BTW the original PH-FLE has its home base right here at Lelystad airporf (EHLE) in th Aviodrome museum.
It was aquired several years ago in the US, refurbished and re-engined there by volunteers and flew a number of roundtrips with passengers, until the Dutch minister of transportation forbid to fly around with passengers on vintage aircraft, after a DC-3 of the Dutch Dakota Association crashed in a lake near Lelystad losing all on board.
There are several interesting uploads on U Tube on this beautiful aircraft and its restauration.
Very nice shots!!!
Thanks for your quick reply.
Ron
Re: Flying Dutchman
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Sat May 17, 2014 4:30 pmby tinpusher
For the record I must add that the registration FLE is just for the show. It had the US registration N749NL.
The real PH-FLE is a Reims Cessna.
Forgot to mention that in my earlier post.
The price of growing older I think.......
Regards,
Ron