Thread: The Boeing 737 Max.

Originally Posted by 85 county

ok guys my comments were, that the DC3 was not so reliable. the 24 aircraft that crashed in 1958 had nothing to do with the Berlin air lift.

You're right. I read 1958 as 1948....

Originally Posted by goingbush

Enter the Basler Turbo 67 . DC3 with modern engines and Avionics

Basler Turbo Conversions - Home

no reason why the old Biscuit Bomber will not be the flying into 100 years of service, bloody remarkable.
Would not want to fly in a 50 year old 737 let alone 100 year old.

Yes, I'm familiar with that modification, and I thought it was remarkable that yet another generation of commercial pilots is going to have to learn to fly tail-draggers!!
I saw it at Oshkosh, and asked the agent why they did it (the mod.). He replied that they couldn't get another machine with the same payload, and ability to operate out of rugged minimally prepared strips. There was one in Oz a few years back operating for geological survey work.

Coop