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Well I was up to Budapest today (for some reason I keep swearing in Jock)... so an update on the Li-2 rebuild.... the rebuilt tail is on, alas I couldn't get closer due to the roadworks and rebuilding of Ferihegy (nearly got into a ruck with the police about wandering about when everyone else uses a car )

And I spotted this on the way home in Paks.... this is the local lifeboat house..... for some reason it made me laugh

Isn't Oot 8 in Hungarian? The Li-2 will make Jake really happy mad...LOL...

The second pic is stupid but funny

Nice to see preps made for the local lifesavers to be nearer to the problem.......

Did they use the lifeboat to rescue them?

great photos

Arctic or Douglas cowlings?

A strange and wonderful pair of pix, there...

The Li-2, though not "really" a Gooney Bird, is interesting. More interesting is the ship behind it...?

The second: there are no words...

More interesting is the ship behind it...?

My thoughts on that is a DC-6, or whatever Russian varient that is.

For all your lifejacket needs, please swim to the cabin... lol...

Wonderfull Kafka-esque shots...

How bizarre. And they say us Brits are eccentric.

My thoughts on that is a DC-6, or whatever Russian varient that is.

Come on, know your classics... its an Il-18

Ivan take a look at http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... 1089920109 for some other snaps of the Li-2 that I took a while back
Sean you'll find a couple of the Il-18 at http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... 1089920405

Did they use the lifeboat to rescue them?

Self rescueing house I think...

The Li-2, though not "really" a Gooney Bird

Was the Li-2 what they copied to make the DC-3? [ducksandruns]

Was the Li-2 what they copied to make the DC-3? [ducksandruns]

You better run!

Li-2: Not a Dak, but close enough

Nice pics ozzy!

Li-2 is license built DC-3, with single row 900hp radials and more glass in the cockpit. It's a little different in size (all dimensions converted to metric... and probably to industry standard stuff) and it is heavier and slower.

In WW2 these were used as night bombers, and some had a turret on the back.

To give an impression of the ride... Stalin preferred a VIP DC-3 above his specially built VIP Li-2 for a trip to Iran.