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Title: Changed my mind. Doing a DC3 conversion instead!
Post by: Mex-Busnut on September 13, 2010, 07:41:11 AM
If you believe that, I will sell you some ocean-front property in Colorado! ;D ;D
Title: Re: Changed my mind. Doing a DC3 conversion instead!
Post by: happycamperbrat on September 13, 2010, 08:07:25 AM
haha!! It would freak me out lookin in my rear view and seeing the nose of a JET on my tail  :o :D ;D
Title: Re: Changed my mind. Doing a DC3 conversion instead!
Post by: Nusa on September 13, 2010, 08:22:41 AM
The DC-3 wasn't a jet, but I'm sure you'd be just as afraid of those huge prop engines.
Title: Re: Changed my mind. Doing a DC3 conversion instead!
Post by: Mex-Busnut on September 13, 2010, 08:34:53 AM
Here is a conversion that WAS a jet: a 727 turned into an entertainment coach on a Mercedes Benz bus chassis.
Title: Re: Changed my mind. Doing a DC3 conversion instead!
Post by: Jeremy on September 13, 2010, 08:58:33 AM
These may be off-topic as they're truck trailers rather than buses, but are still impressive. They are built by a company about a mile from here:

(https://busconversionmagazine.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vipex.co.uk%2Fproducts%2Fm_P1000028.jpg&hash=9d65f48b03025de8bdb5debc56542905a6e03dc3)

(https://busconversionmagazine.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vipex.co.uk%2Fgallery%2Fsimulators%2Faircraft%2FHercules%2520Set%2520Up.jpg&hash=2facf39ac56dc90125ea511b5d9183d63fecbf81)

(https://busconversionmagazine.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vipex.co.uk%2Fgallery%2Fsimulators%2Faircraft%2FUben13.jpg&hash=10dc957d825ed368fda453cb2c787307f428fbfb)


There are lots of others on this page: http://www.vipex.co.uk/gallery/aircraft.htm
(http://www.vipex.co.uk/gallery/aircraft.htm) Some of them are much more extravagant than the ones shown here, but the photos are too big to post


Jeremy
Title: Re: Changed my mind. Doing a DC3 conversion instead!
Post by: happycamperbrat on September 13, 2010, 10:42:56 AM
Oh my! I dont know the difference, but it is ALL a big plane on my butt!!! Holy Cow!!! 
Title: Re: Changed my mind. Doing a DC3 conversion instead!
Post by: Tenor on September 13, 2010, 10:49:11 AM
DC3 TOY HAULER!!!

Glenn
Title: Re: Changed my mind. Doing a DC3 conversion instead!
Post by: jordansinthesky on September 13, 2010, 11:48:21 AM
That Dc3 is the coolest thing I have ever seen.  I fly for a living, and I get to right seat in our Dc3 a few times a year.  Here's a pic of our bird.  And of me doin work.

Title: Re: Changed my mind. Doing a DC3 conversion instead!
Post by: happycamperbrat on September 13, 2010, 01:18:41 PM
Ohh to be 30 years younger  ;D
Title: Re: Changed my mind. Doing a DC3 conversion instead!
Post by: Tenor on September 13, 2010, 02:42:20 PM
Yeah, I'd almost be 10...  ;D
Title: Re: Changed my mind. Doing a DC3 conversion instead!
Post by: jordansinthesky on September 13, 2010, 04:52:54 PM
I would be -6   ;)
Title: Re: Changed my mind. Doing a DC3 conversion instead!
Post by: Nusa on September 13, 2010, 05:36:39 PM
Quote from: happycamperbrat on September 13, 2010, 01:18:41 PM
Ohh to be 30 years younger  ;D

It's never too late if your health and finances permit. My 80-year-old father still flies every week or two, weather permitting. I used to, but I've let my rating lapse...I don't have his passion for it.
Title: Re: Changed my mind. Doing a DC3 conversion instead!
Post by: David Anderson on September 13, 2010, 07:08:26 PM
A guy stopped at our little airport once with a DC-3.  It looked huge on our tiny ramp.  Our runway was only 50' wide.  He let us look inside.  It was empty but used to haul chickens.  Oh man, did it stink like a hen house :P :P  Oh well you gotta make a living somehow.  Those are cool airplanes.  I still see them for sale from time to time in TradeAplane.

David