EAA Sport Aviation - January 2010

DC;; REUNION PLANNED FOR AIRVENTURE ;;;;

WHAT COULD BE THE largest Douglas DC-3/C- 47 gathering in more than 60 years will be a centerpiece of activities at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010. EAA is working with a large group of owners and operators of the venerable aircraft, which commemorates its 75th anniversary in 2010, to bring their airplanes and join the reunion. ;e event is being organized under the theme

“;e Last Time…” as it likely will be the final time that more than 25 of these airplanes will be seen together, including in formation flights. ;e gathering will also mark a major reunion for scores of pilots, flight attendants, mechanics, crew chiefs and passengers who flew, operated, and traveled in these aircraft.

Details of “;e Last Time…” weeklong festivities are still being finalized,
planned activities will include a mass formation arrival, a designated aircraft
display area, historical and technical forums/presentations, fly-bys and a
special evening DC- 3 commemorative program at ;eater in the Woods.
Douglas Aircraft made the first flight of its new DC- 3 on December 17,
1935. Fewer than 100 of the aircraft remain airworthy in the United States.
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